Question: Are These Coins Worth Keeping/Looking At?

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Ashhwurz New Member United States 29 Posts	Posted 04/11/2018 06:27 am Hey there coincommunity members! Hope your day is well! Okay so I LOVE collecting pennies! But I have so SO many piling up in my house, and I definitely need to get rid of ALOT of them lol. I'm not too sure in which coins I should keep & the ones I should toss. I always keep all the wheats I find without a doubt! I have a lot of the shield coins that I was thinking about just cashing in to put towards buying new boxes of pennies - are any shield coins worth looking through, or should I just toss them to the side? Also if anyone can just let me know which coins I shouldn't be throwing away please let me know ( by throw away I mean cash in lol ) Thank you all for your help, & enjoy your day! Hope to hear from you. Report this Post to the Staff

BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4589 Posts	Posted 04/11/2018 07:14 am All depends on your level of crazy... Buy a copy of the Cherry Picker's guide, volume 1. Sort the coins by date / mintmark and then for each pile, start comparing. Remember the pricing in the guide is more what you would expect to pay at full retail than what you can sell for... but it definitely identifies those worth saving. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 04/11/2018 08:00 am Keep/get rid of depends on what you are interested in collecting/hoarding. There are errors,varieties,high grade,low mintages etc. Wheats are worth 2-3 cents each in average condition,teen-20's-30's a bit more. Pre 1982 and some 1982's are worth copper value,but you can't legally melt them. So decide on what you are interested, in and get rid of the rest. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 04/11/2018 08:05 am get rid of all those shield cents. Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 04/11/2018 11:31 am Report this Post to the Staff
dreadnoughtcoin New Member United States 19 Posts	Posted 04/11/2018 11:48 am I say keep all the copper one Pre 1982 and the Wheaties. I have a large glass jar that I keep the copper ones in. The Wheaties I keep in a separate box Report this Post to the Staff
Debrajc Pillar of the Community United States 4211 Posts	Posted 04/11/2018 7:41 pm and But I don't collect errors or varieties of any denomination. Report this Post to the Staff
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