Wheat pennies and Jefferson nickels

[Salty RI]

I was in a store last week and a guy in front of me picked a penny off the floor and said to me look at this, it was a Indian head penny, I didn't have my reading glasses with me so I couldn't read the date, what are the chances of that, again I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

 

[labworm]

When I was a kid, a elderly Jewish man had a upholstery shop across the street from our cold water flat.

One day he asked me to help him put some furniture into his pickup, I of course helped him, jokingly I said "Where is my pay"?

He handed me a penny, still have it to this day, a 1909 Lincoln VDB, not it great shape and no mint mark.

 

[Salty RI]

I also have one, that I got as a kid, looks as good as the day it was stamped.

 

[Drm50]

A couple years ago I was wiring a old farm house. I was under it
in crawl space and found a 1843 penny. I wouldn't have seen it
If it hadn't been green. I only had 18" height under there, finding
penny had me looking. I hand trouble light with 100W bulb. Way
back in far corner of crawl space, about 30', there was a glittering
silver thing. I craw fished back after it, just new it was a silver
dollar. Had cobwebs and **** hanging all over me. Guess what,
it was the case from a old $2 pocket watch, nickel plated brass.
A big let down!

 

[Johnwye60]

check out coinflation.com to look up the 'value' of the base metals used in coins - such as copper pennies and silver coins. there are folks hoarding wheat cents as well as copper cents. I remember when they changed half dollars, quarters and dimes in 65 removing silver. everyone checked their pocket change. I have heard that many were also lost in boating accidents.