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Wheat cent is damaged.
What do you want to know about the indian head?

 

The first coin is a 1899 Indian Head cent. These coins are 95% copper, and 5% of an alloy of zinc and tin. This coin can go from $1 to $100,000, but in the condition your coin is in, it will fetch around $5 on eBay and maybe a bit less in a store or physical coin dealer (coin show, coin store, etc.)

The second coin seems to be a 1958 D wheat cent, which is the version of the cent that came after the Indian Head cent like the 1899. It is made of the same metals, 95% copper, and 5% of an alloy of tin and zinc. It looks to have been damaged by a coin counting machine or some other machine, because it would be hard to do that by hand. This coin if it wasn't damaged would get less than $1, and it would only be useful to sell 50's wheat cents in bulk. With that damage, it is worth nothing, but it could be worth something in your heart.

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Hi @Mandi1980 Welcome to CoinTalk.

I am glad to see some of our experts are already answering your questions. In the future one coin per post works well.

 

The 1899 Indian Cent is only Good to Very Good condition. It is well worn. When I was a dealer, I paid about 65 to 70 cents apiece and sold them for a $1. With all due respect to @toned_morgan, I don't think that there is an 1899 cent on the planet that is worth $100,000.

As was said before the Wheat Cent has suffered post mint damage and has no value as a collectors' item.

 

It was just a quick guess for the higher grade ones (there was a MS68 that sold for $97,750 in 2009)

 

Odd things can happen in auctions, and people who play the registry game can go nuts. I once WAY OVER PAID at auction for a gold dollar that stuck my fancy.

 

Yes, and that is what the coin was worth TO YOU at that particular moment. Doesn't mean that it was worth that to anyone else, doesn't even mean it was worth that to you a day later, but it was when you paid that amount.

I still maintain that it is a logical impossibility to pay more for something than it it worth to that person at that point in time.

 

I know what you mean, but OP might get a bit too excited. Everyone thinks they have a $1000+ penny or nickel, but, 99% of the time, people have a common coin.