Poor thing looks battered. But am interested in any feedback Worth keeping? Crud covering LIBERTY. Above the I in IN looks off. The word UNUM the m looks like an R to me. MERRY XMAS
The only reason I can think of holding onto it is: 1). You just think Wheat Cents are cool and want to keep them. 2). You think that the price of copper is going to rise. Unfortunately I gotta agree with paddyman on this one.
Old wheat cents are a wonderful entry into coin collecting. Like others, I still save each one if come across and have thousands of them tucked away. Common wheat cents like yours don’t have much intrinsic value, but where else can you hold that much history in your hands for a mere penny!?!
Also cleaned. When a copper coin that worn shows bright orange areas, it means someone scrubbed it with some abrasives. It may have been a detecting find, or just really dirty and encrusted and they were trying to clean it up a little bit.
looks like it may also have a clear coat of glue , varnish, fingernail polish on it covering part of liberty. You can soak it in ACETONE to remove that, but to be honest I'd get a one cent tube or paper penny roll and start a roll of Wheat cents in it. may be good trading material to someone starting out needing that date for their collection.
If you can remove what I think is some type of adhesive it might be worth keeping, but in its current condition I would give it to a kid or put it back in circulation. I wouldn't even bother trying to remove whatever that is on the coin. The other two areas you mentioned are just damage IMHO!!
