Question for coin collectors
I found 2 wheat pennies at work last week, and I was wondering the approximate value. One is a 1945 with no mint letter, the other is a 1950 with a Springfield mint letter. Both are in fairly decent shape.
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Is there any way to test a coin to determine if it is actually silver or has a percentage of silver content?
I accumulated a large number of foreign coins I started going through yesterday and although many look "silver" I have my doubts about them.
BTW - do you know of any coin collectors forums - I'm a novice and have a lot to learn about this hobby. My primary interest is in US coins both modern and antique coinage.
Thanks
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Springfield? I think you mean San Francisco. 0 -
http://coins.about.com/library/coin_values/bl_wheat_cents.htm
Don't quit your job!0 -
quote:the other is a 1950 with a Springfield mint letter
LOL ... only on a gun board! Love it - made my day![:D]0 -
It takes a lot of Wheat Pennies to buy a waffle. 0 -
Circulated wheat pennies are sold by the pound. Depending upon condition (ever heard that before?) they may be worth .04 or .05. Don't have a book here, but it is not a lot. I have about 6 pounds put away in individual coin holders, which probably cost more than the pennies are worth. In most cases collectors want coins in brilliant uncirculated condition. 0 -
YAY! I've got about $.06! 0 -
He Dog, he might be able to retire on that "Springfield" mint mark. [:D] 0 -
James do you suppose I could retire too? I have several with the Davenport Mint mark and also three or four at least from the Pittsburg Mint. 0 -
Doesn't one of them say "1909 S VDB?" 0 -
quote:Originally posted by He Dog
James do you suppose I could retire too? I have several with the Davenport Mint mark and also three or four at least from the Pittsburg Mint.
Hmmmm...well, if yours is Davenport maybe Zulu's is Sofa.0 -
Har har...make fun of ignorance. 0 -
There is a 1909, a 1909 VDB, a 1909 S, and a 1909 S VDB. VDB are the initials of the designer of the original Lincoln cent. Naturally the ones in my collecton are the 1909 and the 1909 VDB, together worth about $10 instead of about $45 or $500. Then again I bought them for about a dime apeice. In the late '50s.
Gosh Zulu, why would we make fun of Brilliance?[:p]0 -
He Dog you have a 1909 VDB, that is pretty good.
When I was collecting coins in Boy Scouts the 1909 S VDB was the holy grail for us kids.0 -
quote:Originally posted by He Dog
There is a 1909, a 1909 VDB, a 1909 S, and a 1909 S VDB. VDB are the initials of the designer of the original Lincoln cent. Naturally the ones in my collecton are the 1909 and the 1909 VDB, together worth about $10 instead of about $45 or $500. Then again I bought them for about a dime apeice. In the late '50s.
Gosh Zulu, why would we make fun of Brilliance?[:p]
There is also 1909 and 1909 S Indian Cents!0 -
quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
He Dog you have a 1909 VDB, that is pretty good.
When I was collecting coins in Boy Scouts the 1909 S VDB was the holy grail for us kids.
You can pick them up for about $10. I do not have an S or S VDB which are valuable. I knew a guy that had both in a complete set up to about 1965. He wanted to sell all for about $400. I should have scraped up the money, but didn't, and my set is far from complete, though I have a few nice years and some nice Ss.
I don't suppose kids collect stamps and coins like they once did. Everyone young I know seems to collect Star Wars action figures, and nylon .22s.0 -
I paid $10 for my 1909 s vbd & about the same for the 1931 s & the 1877. That was back in the middle 50s. Too bad I didn't spring for the 1856 but it was a lot more & $10 was a lot of money for a young paperboy back then. The rest I got in circulation or trading. 0 -
Victor D. Brenner..penny designer 0 -
An uncle of mine once asked me to sort out a full quart jar of pennies for him. He had been born in 1909 and an aunt of his had collected 1909 pennies for him. I can remember his having more than a dozen s vdb s. I don't know what he did with it but he's gone now. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by gruntled
I paid $10 for my 1909 s vbd & about the same for the 1931 s & the 1877. That was back in the middle 50s. Too bad I didn't spring for the 1856 but it was a lot more & $10 was a lot of money for a young paperboy back then. The rest I got in circulation or trading.
I just sold the papers down town, to young to have a route, and $10 was a fortune well beyond my means. I bought papers for .03 and sold them for .05. A good afternoon I cold sell 10 or 12. I was about 10. Mills were still in use for tax.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
Har har...make fun of ignorance.
Not making fun, just pointing it out. Don0 -
Don't have to be worth anything to make them valuable enough to keep.
Man they are cool. That is their value.0 -
Are you sure they're not ass pennies? 0 -
face value = 2 cents 0 -
I find 10-15 wheats a year in change. But I check all my change.
I love the Morgan silver dollars.[:p]
Kids now a days want video games not coin/stamp collections.[:(]0 -
quote:Originally posted by turtles11756
face value = 2 cents
It takes 155 pre 1982 pennies to make one pound of copper bullion which is roughly $3.20 a pound now. So you have approximatly .003 cents worth of pennies [:)]0 -
There is a message here, kids don't collect stamps or coins. Who is going to buy the collections of all the baby boomers when the get rid of them or die. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Zebra
quote:Originally posted by turtles11756
face value = 2 cents
It takes 155 pre 1982 pennies to make one pound of copper bullion which is roughly $3.20 a pound now. So you have approximatly .003 cents worth of pennies [:)]
At 155 pennies per pound and $3.20/lb for copper. So 320/155=2.06 1 penny has 2 cents worth of copper in it. So turtles is correct.0 -
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