Are these coin I have worthless I have I plain 1942 wheat penny and I have a red 1942 wheat
MrLucky1972
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The red one is just oxidized (rusty). Common dates worth 3 cents each.
Coins like that that have very low numismatic premiums are probably not worth bothering with. It will cost more to sell them than they are worth. Wheat cents are extremely common and exist in huge hoards.
Here we go again.
I save them anyway.
Get a cent album/folder and start filling holes. That is how it all started for many of us.
Different opinion on the red - I think it's paint. There's a lot of wheat cents painted red out there; I just got a bunch in 2 collections from southern CA. Nobody's been able to explain it to me.
@MrLucky1972 ....Welcome aboard....Your cents are quite common with no numismatic premiums....However, many of us do save the old wheat cents...in albums or just in a jar.... a bit of nostalgia and they are copper, unlike the zinc an copper plated cents now made. If you intend to collect coins, get a cent album and start the Lincoln cent series... a lot of fun, and many of us started that way. Cheers, RickO