Wheat pennies.are they that hard to find

I have a few hundred wheats and memorial pennies.i need better eyes to search them.maybe I have some that someone needs.

Railguy, this seems like a solicitation for Buy/Sell/Trade, which must be be the classified forums after 10 normal posts. ANy communication on such must be by "conversations", thanks

Jim

 

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Wheat cents aren't rare (with mintage figures in the millions), however, many collectors/roll searchers pluck them out of circulation as a curiosity.
I've spent some (in the hopes of someone developing an interest in coin collecting).
Otherwise, I haven't seen them too often as well.

 

Railguy, this seems like a solicitation for Buy/Sell/Trade, which must be be the classified forums after 10 normal posts. ANy communication on such must be by "conversations", thanks

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Yes I see your point .I wasnt looking to sell.thanks Jim Glen

 

Seems like I come across more of the 40s and 50s wheats. I came across a 1919 wheat two days ago, and a 1914 a few weeks ago.

 

I can still find one in change ever so often and in CRH it's easier. I can buy cheap from my LCS as they are common.

 

Certain years are more valuable than others. The 1909 S VDB penny is the holy grail, however, in 1943 pennies were made of steel, also some 1944 S Pennies were made from steel but most were made from copper from used ammunition casings (most common). 1958 D is the last ones, San Fransisco did not even mint pennies that year, only Philadelphia and Denver did. Denver minted the last known wheat pennies.

 

Luck of the gods. Thems tuff to find

 

Not hard to find as a collectible, but less and less available in circulation. Don’t try to retire on large quantities of the very common dates.

 

Wasn't there a 56D that was kindda special. Asking cuz you seem to know lincolns. Am i interrupting this thread?

 

I would say that they are not unless they can be graded MS65 or higher or if there is a specific error found in Red Book. However, @paddyman98 would have a better answer for you. D just indicates that it was minted in Denver which had 1,098,201,000 minted that year.

 

All years have some kind of mint error or variety. It's just knowing what to look for.

 

I recently for some reason started looking for wheats, and Lincoln's, be nice if I came across a Indian. Don't want to purchase doesn't feel right. I seen that their is alot of varities in pennies , would be nice to come across some of those even if they don't look to good. Alot of the wheat pennies I have seen are brown but still hold on to them anyways for the years I don't have. Eventually I would like to start collecting nickels,dimes, and quarters

 

Wheaties are common to find, I used to find a lot more as a kid in the 90's but still common. As the years pass, more and more wheats are removed from circulation from people like us

 

Hey i did ask you something about a W guam right

 

When you consider the enormous quantities of cents that are produced these days, you can start to get an idea about how unlikely you are to pull Wheaties from circulation or a CRH event. It only takes a few years of current cents to match the entire output for 50 years of Wheat cents. And as noted by our fellow enthusiasts, they are picked out because they are curiously different and the numbers of collectors hoarding them. I haven’t searched a box of cents in years but net finds are around 10-12 as I recall and most of them are common coins. Finding varieties and errors are far more productive. And more valuable. Also, the days of building a complete Lincoln Cent collection from the wild are long past (if ever). Still, lots of fun trying. Good luck on the hunt!

 

Wheat cents right. Sorry should of said lincoln cent.

 

Hear dat. Lucky to get a 30 these days. My grandbabies books look like Swiss Cheese

 

I have a 1943 wheat penny no mint marking, how much could it be worth? I actually found a bunch at an estate sale I tried looking online but I know 1889 coins in good condition cant be worth only 3.00

 

I used to average around 15 per box searched. Sadly it has gone down over the years to roughly 5-7 a box. But still not hard to find I guess

 

I can buy AU 1943 Wheat Cents for $.17 each. Average circulated ones are worth two cents tops. As for an 1889, are you referring to an Indian Head Cent? If so most are worth one dollar. You can not put a price in a coin based on the date or the age. Over 48 million 1889 IHC's were minted making it a common date.