Remember the 2017-P Lincoln cent?

I'm a hoarder. Whenever I get some pocket change, I give it a quick once over and then stash it somewhere for a closer look later. My closet, my car, office, basement, shop, or any other convenient spot will do. Eventually I get to the point where I need to clear out all the loose change everywhere.

I never expect to find anything rare, but I can plug holes in my circulated albums and folders and I get to feel like I'm still a coin collector without the pain to the wallet.

So I'm sorting all the pennies*, and I soon notice I have a pile of 2017-P Zincolns - with a "P" mintmark - so I look it up and .. oh yeah! 2017 commemorated the anniversary of the Philadelphia Mint, and they gave Lincoln a mint mark.

So if they're valuable collectible commemoratives, I'm on easy street!

Sorry for the long post, I've be sorting change for hours and I'm a little buggy....


*yeah, I called them pennies

 

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Love the humor!

 

Generally hoarding is a bad thing, but when it comes to coins it's an admirable trait. Congratulations !

Bruce

 

Make a roll or rolls out of them and sell them that way.

 

Bear in mind that the Philadelphia mint produced 4,361,220,000 of the 2017-P cents. Yes, over 4.3 billion. People are hoarding them. I have several boxes of rolled coins myself, over $50 in this date.

edited to correct spelling check.

 

Yes the sad truth is that they aren't insanely valuable. The joke is that I forgot they even existed.

 

Here's my hoard.

 

I have two in the same situation. Lol

 

With so many kids, grandkids and great grandkids I have always put back extras for them if they decide to collect.

 

…and because they made 4.3 billion of them, I saved only 1 roll. My wife got them from the bank, I installed them in flips and divided them between my 2 sons who have them now.