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New Member
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Hello. I have quite a few early wheat cents in not so great condition. As shown in the attached picture. They're not key or semi key dates. Should I still keep them?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's up to you, I've kept every Wheat cent I've ever had. |
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Moderator
 United States
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 . To keep is up to you. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Doesn't cost you much to keep it. to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog
08/20/2021 3:19 pm
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New Member
 United States
41 Posts |
thank you for your replies. I'm going to keep them then. :)
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Keep them till you find a better one.
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Moderator
United States
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I couldn't bear putting a wheatie back into circulation. I keep mine until I get a better grade - I then give away the one I would have just replaced. (I give them to friends and family.) |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:That's up to you, I've kept every Wheat cent I've ever had. I keep every one except for like a fr02 details environmental damage cent which goes to the copper scrap pile. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I also keep every Wheat cent I've ever found . I've even kept the culls .  |
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United States
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to the Community! |
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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I roll 'em up. Really bad ones go into cull rolls while the others I try to group by decade where possible.
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Valued Member
United States
172 Posts |
If I find any Wheat cent before 1932 in VG or higher I will consider keeping it. Even during those years there are some cents that are not worth much above its metal value in low grades. For example, 1923 Lincoln cents while they only come up seldomly, in brown and VG condition would be valued just a little above its metal value while a 1927 issue would be worth more. As I don't pursue wheat cents to much, the only one I ever kept was a brown 1917 D Wheat cent found in the tray of a coin star in Good condition. What I end up mostly keeping are red Memorial and Shield cents from the 1970 onward and reed or red-brown ones from the 1960's. Very difficult to find a red Wheat cent unless you luck into a roll in which someone took a nice red Wheat cent from an old collection. |
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New Member
United States
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I have had a similar question for a while. I spent months sorting through an inherited collection filled with LWCs. Some were great finds, many were damaged beyond recognition (decades of poor storage), but most are like the example from the original post. There are a few hundred G-VG 1942-S's alone. I've decided on my keepers and would prefer to send the rest to another home, but have assumed a dealer would not be interested in bulk low-grade coins and ebay seems too time-consuming. Any other options? |
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New Member
United States
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I too have numerous Wheat Cents (several thousand) that were inherited from my father, who apparently set aside nearly every one that he came across after the release of the Memorial Cents. I've sorted through them to find those that are somewhat rare or in better condition than others but still have many that could use a new home. So my thought is to help prime the well, so to speak, of the next generation of collectors who might be as excited as I was as a youth to find a Wheat cent in my pocket change. The plan, as crazy as it might be, is to simply return them to circulation. Problem solved. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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1911 - of course it's a keeper!
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Posted 08/20/2021 3:18 pm
