Why wheat Cents

Wheat cents are by far the most economical and historically significant coins to collect. They opened the doors to many new collectors and that may be a result of being economical. You can fill many album spaces with coins that cost no more than a few dollars. In addition they are extremely popular so buying and selling comes with ease. I personally enjoy collecting wheat cents because they have gone through much of the us history such as, both world wars, the great depression and many other significant events. The popularity of wheat cents has landed them much publicity. Taking the 1909 s VDB wheat cent for example, it was ranked a respectable nineteenth in the top hundred greatest coins third edition, due to its high collector base. Wheat cents will always play a significant role in the realm of numismatics.

 

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It sure will, it was one of the first series I jumped into in my infancy. Just wait until you branch out your collecting habits into grade collecting, varieties (RPMs, Doubled Dies, OMMs, etc.). Then the series will look a whole lot bigger!

 

Wheats are a gateway drug

 

They are a great series and have, indeed, brought many collectors into the hobby.

 

They are a great way to start collecting, and I'm sure that a large number of collectors started that way. In the same way, the statehood quarters started many a coin collection.

 

lwc's started me off ..I found my first ddo in the 6 grade and was hooked

 

i have 2 -3 near complete albums..

 

missing mostly major coins and ddo's

 

then I have one that has all the major ddo's and items I wanted

 

These coins are where it all started for many of us.

 

All Lincoln cents rule!....not just wheats.

 

Chinese fake have been poppin up...

 

As already mentioned, many collectors started with the wheaties. I have 20 books with wheaties in them and many more in rolls. They are fun to collect and you can still find some in circulation although they are getting harder to find each year.

 

cause collectors have soaked them up

 

It isn't just the collectors. It seems that every man has a penny jar. I only notice woman using cents from their purse.

 

I'm not sure how "economical" wheat cents are, seeing as the keys to the series are far more common than many of the most common pieces in other series, yet their values are often three times that of key and semi-key pieces of other series. I think the popularity of the series has made it the most un-economical set to collect of all the US issues.

 

They are already worth 2.17 times the original price in intrinsic value alone.

 

I agree their popularity has made their premiums soar on some dates, but a majority of the dates in the series can be acquired relatively cheap.

 

LoL. I wish. I spent over a year (at 3 hours a night, 2 or 3 times a week) sorting through the tin cans of coins of one inheritance from a female relative. Every coin type you could think of from 1898 to 2011. Mostly pennies though. Got real familiar with pennies and Jef nickels by the time I was done.