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To: goodnesswins
gotcha beat....we’ve got a wheat 1903 copper penny!

Considering they didn't start making Lincoln wheat-ears till 1909, your penny is probably worth a fortune.... /grin

48 posted on 02/06/2011 6:59:47 PM PST by kiryandil
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To: kiryandil
My local coin shop (Loop Coin) is selling 'everyday' wheat pennies at 100 for $4.25.
50 posted on 02/06/2011 7:08:03 PM PST by blam
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To: kiryandil

A 1943 copper penny is worth a small fortune.

Pennies were made of steel that year because of the needs of the War effort. A handful of copper blanks were accidentally minted along with the zillions of steel blanks.
Bottom line....the few known copper 1943 cents are mucho valuable.

Of course, some criminal types over the years have taken ordinary 1948 copper cents and scraped off the left side of the number “8”, making a forged 1943 copper cent. Gotta watch out for those.....


60 posted on 02/06/2011 8:04:23 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (A Jimmy Carter got us a Ronald Reagan......A Barack Obama will get us a Sarah Palin)
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