For the wheat cents you can probably get 2-3 cents each, but when you factor in time and fuel to get to a dealer's shop and back you might as well spend them.
Hi,
Welcome to this forum.
Lincoln cents like yours are quite common. They were struck in VERY large quantities. There are some desirable dates in the series, but mostly from 85 years ago or more. Most 1930 through 1960 dates are plentiful.
It looks like you may have tried to clean these coins. That's not something to do. Collectors want coins to look more 'normal'. Very rarely is a coin improved by playing with it.
You have a start here, keep looking and hopefully you will find something a little better in value. Good luck !
@JBK said:
Who cleaned them? Cleaning will destroy or severely decrease the value of any coin.
Looks like these came out of Shopping Channel sets, Framed pictures or cased in cardboard and plastic and sold at an extremely outrageous mark ups to unsuspecting buyers. Typical of these sets is heavy cleaning and polishing just like in the photos here, I have boxes of this crap and it boggles my mind to imagine how many people were taken in by these shopping channel gypsy swindlers. I don't want to resell them cause in my opinion no one needs it and I am no gypsy, I picked up most of it in an estate
Oh wow, they are screaming clean with a unique patina circa pre 1960's, pushing 60years of antiquity, these Art Deco gems should command hundreds of dollars each...
rawteam1 Posts: 2,119 ✭✭✭ May 23, 2017 7:13PM
Oh wow, they are screaming clean with a unique patina circa pre 1960's, pushing 60years of antiquity, these Art Deco gems should command hundreds of dollars each...
Certainly this might be a slight embellishment but that doubled ear 1969 jefferson pennie is worth a near mint.
@amjo...Welcome aboard.... those cents (as mentioned above) have been cleaned and that destroys collector value - of course, they really have no collector value anyway...You seem to be new to the hobby or just curious about some coins you have. If you are interested in collecting, continue to read this forum, get a Redbook and ask questions here. Enjoy.. .Cheers, Rick)
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maybe 2 cents each if someone does not mind heavily cleaned (
) coins
(and the shape is wrong for a double ear)
Did someone drop a whole bottle of tobasco sauce on them?
$0.0172135 is the melt value for the 1909-1982 copper cent on May 23, 2017.
Essentially face value. They all appear heavily cleaned or polished.
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For the wheat cents you can probably get 2-3 cents each, but when you factor in time and fuel to get to a dealer's shop and back you might as well spend them.
Who cleaned them? Cleaning will destroy or severely decrease the value of any coin.
Hi,
Welcome to this forum.
Lincoln cents like yours are quite common. They were struck in VERY large quantities. There are some desirable dates in the series, but mostly from 85 years ago or more. Most 1930 through 1960 dates are plentiful.
It looks like you may have tried to clean these coins. That's not something to do. Collectors want coins to look more 'normal'. Very rarely is a coin improved by playing with it.
You have a start here, keep looking and hopefully you will find something a little better in value. Good luck !
Welcome!
They've been cleaned which ruins their value.
But they weren't worth more than face value.
Looks like these came out of Shopping Channel sets, Framed pictures or cased in cardboard and plastic and sold at an extremely outrageous mark ups to unsuspecting buyers. Typical of these sets is heavy cleaning and polishing just like in the photos here, I have boxes of this crap and it boggles my mind to imagine how many people were taken in by these shopping channel gypsy swindlers. I don't want to resell them cause in my opinion no one needs it and I am no gypsy, I picked up most of it in an estate
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Welcome to the Forum Amjo, keep collecting never know what could turn up!
Neat coins to use to teach family members or friends about collecting.
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Put them in a piggy bank and save them for the next generation to learn from.
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rawteam1 Posts: 2,119 ✭✭✭ May 23, 2017 7:13PM
Oh wow, they are screaming clean with a unique patina circa pre 1960's, pushing 60years of antiquity, these Art Deco gems should command hundreds of dollars each...
Certainly this might be a slight embellishment but that doubled ear 1969 jefferson pennie is worth a near mint.
@amjo...Welcome aboard.... those cents (as mentioned above) have been cleaned and that destroys collector value - of course, they really have no collector value anyway...You seem to be new to the hobby or just curious about some coins you have. If you are interested in collecting, continue to read this forum, get a Redbook and ask questions here. Enjoy.. .Cheers, Rick)