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<p>[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 8183664, member: 105098"]it's 4 cents each, if you like hunting and will hunt for varieties possibly, really pour over them, there is value there at a good enough price, but it's entertainment value. If there is actually 5000 wheat cents there, it's a decent buy, but again, it's a bunch of wheat cents, S mint what are there, 54 S mint wheats to get?, I mean, you'd have to get rid of them at some point and likely will take a loss on it, unless you have a thought to sell it somehow and make a buck or two, or if you are just looking to accumulate a big pile of common S wheat cents, which is the most likely result.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just saying for $200, you can basically buy some similar condition examples for many wheat cents date/mm combos directly and skip the whole hunt and be happy with what you have without accumulating 5000 coins you don't really need.</p><p><br /></p><p>coin collecting and investing rarely works out, and, there's cheaper ways to hoard copper/brass if that's your thing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 8183664, member: 105098"]it's 4 cents each, if you like hunting and will hunt for varieties possibly, really pour over them, there is value there at a good enough price, but it's entertainment value. If there is actually 5000 wheat cents there, it's a decent buy, but again, it's a bunch of wheat cents, S mint what are there, 54 S mint wheats to get?, I mean, you'd have to get rid of them at some point and likely will take a loss on it, unless you have a thought to sell it somehow and make a buck or two, or if you are just looking to accumulate a big pile of common S wheat cents, which is the most likely result. Just saying for $200, you can basically buy some similar condition examples for many wheat cents date/mm combos directly and skip the whole hunt and be happy with what you have without accumulating 5000 coins you don't really need. coin collecting and investing rarely works out, and, there's cheaper ways to hoard copper/brass if that's your thing.[/QUOTE]
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