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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 2324776, member: 31533&quot;]Basically the OP kind of answered his own question.... He was born 15 yrs after last wheat cent (1958&#039;s) so around 1973. As a kid, he didn&#039;t find that many in circulation, it was a &#039;treat&#039;. I will presume he was at least 10-12 yrs old to realize this, so let&#039;s take 11 years as that amount, so around 1984. So that is about 26 years after the last one was minted. </p><p><br /></p><p>Based on the above, presuming the minting of cents between 1959 and 1984 was enough to keep up for use yet still have the old ones &#039;disappear&#039; (so called, just harder to find) based on population and usage, then possibly, as long as the mint kept up with the same judgement calls (minting enough to promote current usage, yet enough to have the old ones disappear, i.e., either through collecting, stored away in penny jars or ruined through usage and/or lost) then it should be about 26 years from the last memorial minted (2008), so maybe around the year 2034). </p><p><br /></p><p>But, it is already more than 26 years since the last copper cent was minted (1982) and the ones before that are not terribly hard to find, which then also coincided with 2008 being the last year of the memorial cent. So perhaps it will be longer this time around. I still find some really good looking cents from the 1970s at times. Rarely do I find the same from the 1960&#039;s and almost no good looking 1959 ones. Most of the nicer looking ones seem to be from 1995 on right now. </p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe the thing to do is to simply start noting not just what wheaties you are seeing in CHR but also note how many of the pre 1990 coins are there. It&#039;s been 26 years since then.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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