Grabbing a coffee before work, looked at my change and found...

Okay, here's the deal:

Got 73 cents back in change from my coffee, looked through and found a 1919 wheat cent!!

Pretty cool I thought!

Anybody else think so? Know anything about the coin?

 

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Wheat cents can still be found in circulation. About 10-20 per 2,500.

Most circulated wheat are heavily worn, as far as early ones.

Will need a photo of the coin to go from there. The D and S mint marks are worth more.

 

I never get them it seems like anymore. Found one in last 3 months.

 

Hmm, I shall take pictures when I get home! Seems there isn't a way to post directly from my iPhone!

 

Use the photobucket app.

 

Sorry, don't have that app. I'll just have to wait until I leave work!

 

Or use a camera. That iphone makes junkie photographs.

 

First, congrats on your pocket find. It's always fun when you think that the coin has likely been out in the world for 95 continuous years! In the words of Dr. Seuss, "Oh, the places you'll go!"

Second, not to pop your bubble, but 1919 was a **** of a year for pennies. the mint made almost 400 million of them (*not* counting MMs) the most ever made and not surpassed until 1940. 1920 was a bumper crop year for pennies, too, but less than 1919. So....

If you're going to find a wheatie in your pocket, the odds aren't too bad that it will be a 1919.

My personal best? Got 1903 IH with my change one day. It was beat all to ****, but it had been in circulation for 109 years!

 

You don't see any Indian Head pennys anymore, or Buffalo nickels. It wasn't that long ago when you saw them occasionally in circulation.

Ruben

 

Maybe these will help.

 

I'm only 18, I've NEVER seen a buffalo nickel or indian head in circulation. Although I found two Buffs this weekend while roll hunting, and I have a 1905 indian head in my small but growing collection. Can't wait to get my red book in! I need more knowledge on these damn things! they are so intriguing.

 

That looks like excelent condition for its age and the fact that its circulated. The photo is a little fuzzy when magnified, but it appears to have been cleaned fairly recently.

 

I'm only 18, I've NEVER seen a buffalo nickel or indian head in circulation. Although I found two Buffs this weekend while roll hunting, and I have a 1905 indian head in my small but growing collection. Can't wait to get my red book in! I need more knowledge on these damn things! they are so intriguing.

 

Not the best of cameras lol. I didn't wash it, but what are some signs to seeing that a coin has been washed. I'm new to this here

 

When I first read the title, I thought, "Whos poor collection did they find in change." Relieved that it was just a wheat, and would be a good surprise.

 

392,021,000 to be exact. But even with that high number, if it grades out to very fine or better, which it might as best as can tell from the photo, it's still worth $1.00 in Red Book. About a quarter of the cup of coffee : ) Hot coffee and cool coins. Nice mix.
Nice find!

 

I pulled 2 dateless Buffs out of a single roll tonight. I've probably pulled at least 10 Buffs over the last 6=7 months averaging a box of nickels a week. They are still out there. Still never pulled an Indian though. Congrats on your find.

 

Ive found One buffalo ever in circulation, NEVER a IHC though.

 

My Grandfather probably used one of those to buy a loaf of bread. He was 27 years old in 1919 and just beginning a family. There is a lot of history behind every old coin, it's true value is up to you.

 

found a 1899 indian couple weeks ago at our shop, it is maybe vg/f