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Received a Wheat Penny in Change Today

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January 27, 2019, 10:43 AM
.38supersig
Received a Wheat Penny in Change Today
Checked with a magnet today. It pulled up a few coins from Germany, Bahamas, Netherlands, Canada, and some kind of 2 cent Euro thingy, but the nickel didn't move.

Seems like there is no steel in the nickel as tgtshuter implied.

The other coins scattered around didn't move either. I think Canada has a thing for coins and magnets. Nickels, dimes, quarters, loonies jumped right on.



January 27, 2019, 02:50 PM
striker1
I have found a couple of wheaties, war nickels (some silver content) and a mercury dime in the last six months or so. Slim pickings.



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January 27, 2019, 09:42 PM
amals
I pay attention to my change as a habit. I see wheats now and then. What I see often enough (but not as often as I'd like) are pre-'82 pennies; they are copper and I keep them separate. I see very little silver (pre-'65), but never fail to notice when I do.
January 27, 2019, 10:22 PM
6guns
Ha, I keep the pre '82 pennies separate too. In fact, some '83 pennies are also copper, but you need a scale or balance to figure out which ones.




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January 28, 2019, 09:16 AM
BigSwede
quote:
Originally posted by 6guns:
Ha, I keep the pre '82 pennies separate too. In fact, some '83 pennies are also copper, but you need a scale or balance to figure out which ones.


Yep. I have a Canadian stash, a wheat stash and a pre 82 stash.



January 28, 2019, 12:30 PM
smlsig
quote:
Originally posted by Rebel-22:
I like to watch for bicentennial quarters. Haven't received a wheat penny back in a long time.


Me too!


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January 29, 2019, 05:40 PM
.38supersig
Found a '51 wheatie today. Guess I've got a good bit of them now.



January 30, 2019, 06:48 AM
lastmanstanding
I have a old cloth change sack that I have been putting pennies in for the last 20 years or maybe more without looking at them first. That bag is getting damn heavy. It would be a major undertaking to sift through that entire bag now.


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January 30, 2019, 09:19 AM
PHPaul
My oldest wheats are 1913, 1934 and 1935.

I have a bunch of 40's and 50's wheats.

Have a couple of seriously worn Buffalo nickels. One the date is completely gone, the other is 1929 as best I can read it.

My favorite coin is the 1945 Mecury dime I found while digging in the flower bed in front of the house.




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January 30, 2019, 04:19 PM
ZSMICHAEL
quote:
Have a couple of seriously worn Buffalo nickels. One the date is completely gone, the other is 1929 as best I can read it.


Acid will make the date readable.
January 30, 2019, 04:35 PM
WildSig
I found a 38 wheat in my change years ago that looks almost new and still come across some every once in awhile

The oldest I've gotten in my change is a 1910 wheat back. Worth about a buck but its pretty worn so probably more around a penny.

Weirdest coin I've ever gotten in my change was a dime with just 199 on it that worth about a dime.
January 30, 2019, 09:33 PM
bubbatime
I have hundreds of dollars worth of change in my house, just sitting there for years and years. So lately, to get rid of it, I found that the Walmart self checkout lanes will accept change. The machines have their own coin sorter and coin counter. Just throw in a few handfuls of change, and it counts it for you. So I grab a pocketful of change every time I go to Walmart, to get rid of all this change.

The other day the machine spit out a coin into the "reject" bin. So I put it back in the machine, and it again, spit it out. I looked at the coin and found that it was a 1944 wheat penny in copper. Got all excited, until I found out that the 1944 pennies are worth not much, and were made in copper. The 1943 pennies were made in steel I guess.


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February 02, 2019, 11:24 AM
SigSauerP226
quote:
Originally posted by bubbatime:
I have hundreds of dollars worth of change in my house, just sitting there for years and years. So lately, to get rid of it, I found that the Walmart self checkout lanes will accept change. The machines have their own coin sorter and coin counter. Just throw in a few handfuls of change, and it counts it for you. So I grab a pocketful of change every time I go to Walmart, to get rid of all this change.

The other day the machine spit out a coin into the "reject" bin. So I put it back in the machine, and it again, spit it out. I looked at the coin and found that it was a 1944 wheat penny in copper. Got all excited, until I found out that the 1944 pennies are worth not much, and were made in copper. The 1943 pennies were made in steel I guess.


That's cool they have a machine to pay with change. That's a Smart idea, and much better than taking it to those coin machines that take 10%. I take my change to my bank and they have a coin machine that deposits the total into your account without taking a percentage.




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February 02, 2019, 12:52 PM
FN in MT
Found a steel penny a few weeks ago in change! I was simply amazed. A nice one too, very obviously a grey NOT copper color. Wonder what the story was on that?
February 03, 2019, 05:15 PM
Woodman
quote:
Originally posted by GaryBF:
I have an ashtray full of wheat pennies I saved. Am I rich yet?


No, but if you're using the ashtray for pennies instead of butts, you're probably healthier.

Give me unlimited wealth or good health until I'm 99, I'll skip the cash eight days a week.