Posted 02/18/2006 5:14 pm
Wheat cents like that 1935 still show up in circulation here from time to time. The U.S. one cent coin is so worthless that people often stash them in jars, where they sit for years and years, and eventually they get traded in. Those coin-counting machines in grocery stores, which (for a fee) automatically count out coins and exchange them, have helped put some of the older ones back in circulation. Since it is so common for these coins to sit for years, they can last a very long time. Even most of the 1959's (the first year of the Lincoln Memorial design) that I see in circulation are in VF condition or better.
Eventually, the U.S. will probably face the reality that this denomination is too worthless to leave in circulation, and it will be phased out, but for now people are still attached to these humble coins.
Heather
Eventually, the U.S. will probably face the reality that this denomination is too worthless to leave in circulation, and it will be phased out, but for now people are still attached to these humble coins.
Heather
