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Pillar of the Community
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LCS currently paying 2c ea for common wheats, hey, that's 100% profit!
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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United States
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The value is in the remembrance of collecting each coin.  While I enjoy the MS coins that I've purchased over the years, it's the circulation finds that I get the biggest kick out of. They're put into 2X2's with the date and place found. They may never increase beyond melt value, but I can remember the thrill of the find each time I look at them. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There is still a little pleasure finding one as they seem to be the only circulation find out there. I pluck one or two a week from the tills.
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United States
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I like saving wheat cents. Even though they are not super valuable, they have history to them, and they look nice. You can't tell me that having a coffee can filled, or a box of rolls isn't a nice thing to have tucked away. I sure like having them.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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With so many being melted all the time, you never really know what is left. Eventually even the common ones will be worth something.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Carl...do you know it's not legal to melt US copper pennies (cents) here in the states.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
Edited by fistfulladirt
10/03/2018 7:25 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Doesn't mean people don't do it. I'm not saying they do, but I speculate someone somewhere is. That, or the government.
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Rest in Peace
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With so many being melted all the time, you never really know what is left. Carl maybe I might be a little naïve but who the heck is melting wheat cents ?  |
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United States
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You know what would be cool?
A chart of each year of wheat, the mintage and the number each year that are lost for various reasons. Heck, I remember watching a buddy clean his car. He took all the pennies out of the center dash and dumped them in the trash. I almost needed therapy over it.
Such a chart could never exist but it would be cool to see where the numbers started and where they stand today.
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but who the heck is melting wheat cents Same people melting cents for copper. They are ignorant to the numismatic value. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Probably the melters couldn't be bothered to separate out the wheaties.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I remember watching a buddy clean his car. He took all the pennies out of the center dash and dumped them in the trash.  The only coins I have thrown away are some severely corroded Zincolns that were not even spendable. Even in that shape, it felt totally wrong!  I still have some of those, though, that I have not thrown in the trash. They're for "educational" purposes.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Common ones will not be worth more than the price of copper -- maybe less because there is a cost associated with melting them. This is why I highly doubt a melt; no profit incentive. The energy costs are prohibitive. When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
Edited by fistfulladirt
10/05/2018 06:14 am
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Probably the melters couldn't be bothered to separate out the wheaties. Or any of the cents at all.  |
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