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Message:: [QUOTE="claycad, post: 1163568, member: 17987"]Yeah, but it could spark someone else's interest in collecting coins. I pretty much started my own collection by saving my wheaties. My dad and I would buy a coin every now and then, but he always stored them away. My wheat collection was always mine that I could look at anytime I wanted to. Then I got so I wanted a Lincoln cent from every year, so started doing that. After my dad died I found a large jar full of IHC in his lock box. None were valuable really and all were low grade. I guess they are ones he might have got back in change when he was a kid. I don't know how long they were still in circulation after the Lincoln cent was minted, but I still find a wheatie in my change every now and then and they haven't been minted for over 50 years. Even a person who knew nothing about coins would probably see an 1898 and think WOW! This is probably worth a fortune! and keep it. Even if I ever do spend a few they probably wouldn't stay in circulation very long. When I was a cashier I would always take a few pennies with me in case someone spend a wheatie I could exchange it with a penny from my pocket and keep the wheatie for myself, so even if I spend an IHC, who knows, the cashier might keep it for themselves. I look at it as being a cent well spent if it would spark someone elses interest in starting a coin collection.[/QUOTE]