Found A 1871 Ih Penny In A Roll

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That's a cool find! Just out of curiosity, did you find that out of a bank roll? Finding any IHC out of a bank roll is really rare, let alone a key date!

In that condition it would probably be somewhere around $10-20 or so. It looks like it's probably been cleaned, but it would still be a good hole filler.

I found it in a roll of wheat pennies I bought on ebay so I guess it's a little less rare than believed haha.


Currently working on the set of 1909- lincoln cents

Thanks for the welcome

I have to admit that in the past I have salted cent & nickel Rolls with low grade Indian cents and Liberty/Buffalo Nickels when depositing coins at the Bank.

My last coin give-a-way was 3 years ago when my Granddaughter was in kindergarten and needed something for the next (and last) "show-and-tell" day.

I requested (and received) a list of all the childrens first names in her class and when the big day came, and it was time for my little "yaya" to stand-up and explain her off-center error Cent to the class, her teacher gave out off-center error cents (stapled in 2x2's with each students name on the holder) to each child as a gift.
[I also gave her teacher 6 extra to give out]

When my Daughter picked her up from school, the feedback she received from the Teacher was, "It was the best show-and-tell they've had, the children loved it".

I may have added a collector or two to our hobby that day.