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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David D, post: 2980772, member: 92781&quot;]I can answer the &quot;why&quot; from a new collectors viewpoint. About 3 years ago while remodeling an old house, I found a 1940 wheat cent, or penny as it were. I was fascinated by the fact that when the house was brand new (built in the mid 40&#039;s) someone dropped that penny into the newly built floor boards and probably never thought of it again. It stayed there until I found it roughly 70 years later. I have a 1928 wheat cent that my wife found at her pharmacy. How many pockets did that penny travel in before reaching my wife&#039;s hands? How many penny candy stores received that penny from some kid spending their allowance and what are the chances it was some soldiers lucky penny he took to the war in hopes of coming home? How much DNA was embedded into that penny before I took a wire brush to get it really clean (hehe, just kidding). That&#039;s what got me started and after looking them up, started finding information regarding errors and varieties. Finding a coin that is misprinted, doubled, off centered, etc is pretty cool, valuable or not. We all have our own reasons for getting started, mine just happens to be an accidental find in an old house.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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