Posted 01/22/2014 2:54 pm
The *vast* majority of wheat cents are only worth about 2-5 cents. A roll of unsearched wheat cents will only go for a slight premium, so you might as well break it open and see what you have. Expect that your roll will consist almost entirely of coins from 1940-1958, which are worth about 3 cents on average. The wheat cents are among the most collected series of US coins, so there are some coins that are worth significantly more than other coins of comparable rarity:
1909-S VDB: A first-issue coin with the designer's initials on the back under the wheat ears ( Victor David Brenner). Only about 500,000 were made before his initials were removed, so they go for about $500 on average.
1914-D: Another rare date worth about $100-150 on average
1931-S: Worth about $75-100
1922-D: Worth about $8
1909 VDB: Worth about $5
1955 doubled die: A famous error worth about $200-2,000+ depending on condition
1922 "No D": Another error that created a pseudo-variety due to a filled-in die; worth at least $1,000
I highly doubt that you will have any of those "rockstar" dates, but any coins from 1909-1934 are a good find. Except for the more common dates of 1918-1919 and 1925-1929, most of these coins are worth about 10-25 cents each.
1909-S VDB: A first-issue coin with the designer's initials on the back under the wheat ears ( Victor David Brenner). Only about 500,000 were made before his initials were removed, so they go for about $500 on average.
1914-D: Another rare date worth about $100-150 on average
1931-S: Worth about $75-100
1922-D: Worth about $8
1909 VDB: Worth about $5
1955 doubled die: A famous error worth about $200-2,000+ depending on condition
1922 "No D": Another error that created a pseudo-variety due to a filled-in die; worth at least $1,000
I highly doubt that you will have any of those "rockstar" dates, but any coins from 1909-1934 are a good find. Except for the more common dates of 1918-1919 and 1925-1929, most of these coins are worth about 10-25 cents each.
