The total ended up being 309 wheat cents in the jar. x115 who was the second to post an answer was the nearest with a guess of 310. Thank you to all who were involved and for making this a fun forum.
The wheats got sent off today. I hope it isn't purely 40's and 50's. I had around $60 in face of them, filled that jar and sold the rest. And again thank to to everyone making this an enjoyable forum. I've learned a lot, bought, sold, and traded on here. It's just a nice place.
I received the wheats today. Awesome ! thanks. I did a quick search and the dates are as follows: 1 - 1909 1 - 1910 1 - 1911 1 - 1912 1 - 1912D 1 - 1913 1 - 1913D 1 - 1914 1 - 1915 1 - 1915S 1 - 1916 1 - 1916D 1 - 1916S 1 - 1917 1 - 1917D 1 - 1917S 1 - 1918 1 - 1918D 1 - 1919 1 - 1919D 1 - 1919S 1 - 1920D 1 - 1920S 1 - 1921 1 - 1923 1 - 1923S 1 - 1925D 1 - 1926D 1 - 1927D 1 - 1928 1 - 1928D 1 - 1929D 1 - 1931D 1 - 1932D 2 - 1936 1 - 1937 2 - 1938 11 - 1940 18 - 1941 13 - 1942 1 - 1942S 5 - 1943 Steel 3 - 1943D Steel 1 - 1943S Steel 25 - 1944 2 - 1944D 12 - 1945 3 - 1945D 21 - 1946 1 - 1946S 4 - 1947 1 - 1947D 5 - 1948 1 - 1948D 1 - 1948S 3 - 1949 2 - 1950 6 - 1950D 11 - 1951 3 - 1951D 4 - 1952 6 - 1952D 11 - 1953 13 - 1953D 1 - 1954 5 - 1954D 1 - 1954S 8 - 1955 4 - 1955D 1 - 1955S 12 - 1956 15 - 1956D 5 - 1957 14 - 1957D 6 - 1958 8 - 1958D 3 - hard to read dates