I have a bunch of wheat pennies I want valued please & thank you.

Hello!

I have wheat penny collection of around 64 pennies that range from 1919 to 1959 (I know 1959 isn't a wheat penny). My most numerous year is 1957 with the "D" mint on it with my oldest being two 1919 pennies with no mint markings. I wanted to provide a picture, but my phone won't send the image of all the pennies laid out but if you want to look at individual pennies please let me know. My full list is as follows:

1919 x 2
1927
1930
1935
1938
1939 x 2
1941 x 4
1942 x 2
1943 D (Steel)
1944 x 3
1945 x 6
1945 D
1946 x 3
1948
1948 S
1950 D
1951 D x 2
1953
1953 D
1954 D
1955 D
1956 D
1956
1957 D x 8
1958 D x 4
1959 D (I know it's not a wheat penny)

Again, if you want a picture of an individual penny I'll happily provide them.

 

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Do you have one of these?

 

Unless these coins appear to be in mint condition, it would be reasonable to say that all these would be valued 2-3 cents each, whilst the steel cents be a bit more, 6-9 cents each.

 

I do not have the book (nor one similar to it), and how do you tell if a penny is in mint condition?

 

By looking at that book.

 

How is that going to help? What is the cover of that book suppose to tell me?

 

Your kidding me right?

#1 You buy the book.
#2 You open the book.
#3 You look at the pictures.
#4 You read the book.

 

Can you simply tell me how to tell a mint conditioned penny from a non-mint conditioned penny? I'm currently not in a position to be buying stuff, hence the reason why I want my pennies valued before I go to my local coin shop to sell them. I apologize if I sounded hostile in the previous post that wasn't my intent.

 

@TinkerTanker44432
So the book is an encyclopedia of a coins minted by the united states. It'll have information on the coins you have, you can buy the book in any bookstore or online for about $15! It is very useful.
A mint condition coin is a coin that has no wear and in simple terms looks "brand new"

 

I'll be honest here, if you hand a person a redbook and a 1914-D Merc, they won't have a clue what to do, so the more novice of collectors may need better assistance rather than "read the book"

 

No apology necessary. @CoinBlazer provided you a nice example and was gracious enough to help you.

Keep in mind, Goggle is also your friend. By the time it took you to establish this account and make all your posts, you probably could have found your answer. But we are still here to help you.

 

It's a starting point.

 

Condition is everything.

It's like going to a car show. How easy is it to find a car in "mint" condition from the factory with 0 miles on it that are 60 to 100 years old ?

a scratch on a car's paint (dents, etc) will reduce it's value in the collector/ showcar market ... if you pay attention to fine details on a coin you can normally see scratches all over the place on a circulated coin. If you just gloss over it then all "looks good"

Thus the need for pictures. You are relieing upon your own knowledge to make a determination of which you don't have the experience to do that. Thus the reason for pictures then the knowledgeable folk can have input.

but if you go here you can start to understand the various "visual" grading of cents
==> https://www.pcgs.com/photograde#/Lincoln/Grades

The Red book mentioned above helps in understanding the various grades, and valuations, etc on coins.

 

Or...

 

PCGS online photograde (google for it)

Understand, if these are random circulated coins you've pulled from pocket change, the answer is going to be that well circulated Wheat cents are valued from 2-3 cents each in bulk purchases.

 

You can also look at your coins, search eBay to get a rough estimate of the price/condition of what you have. Please look at sold auctions as that can give you a better understanding of what they fetch in the market place

 

Posting is wasted on OP as he is NOT a collector but inherited the coins from his family and only wants to sell them, as he stated "I'm currently not in a position to be buying stuff, hence the reason why I want my pennies valued before I go to my local coin shop to sell them."

 

Whats wrong with someone wanting to sell coins that were inherited?

 

My point was that the OP isn't really interested in researching the coins, he simply wants their approximate value so he can sell them. Trying to educate him on coin collecting is probably just a waste of time.

 

You have a buck and a half worth of wheat cents, not even worth driving to your local coin shop especially if your not in a position to buy stuff (gas).

Reed