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LCS is selling "junk" wheat cents at $0.02/each

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 1:52 pm
by KeepStacking
These are bent, corroded, have grime on them, or other flaws but are mostly intact otherwise for the copper content. They have a few hundred at this price and I thought about buying them all but held off. What do you guys think? Worth getting (keep in mind we have to pay 5.5% sales tax on top of it)?

Re: LCS is selling "junk" wheat cents at $0.02/each

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 2:41 pm
by Morsecode
KeepStacking wrote:These are bent, corroded, have grime on them, or other flaws but are mostly intact otherwise for the copper content. They have a few hundred at this price and I thought about buying them all but held off. What do you guys think? Worth getting (keep in mind we have to pay 5.5% sales tax on top of it)?


If that's all they've got going for them, then no.

Be assured, the coin shop has screened them for every possible variety. So you're not likely to find something they missed. Damaged common Wheats are worth melt, same as any common copper Memorial.

Re: LCS is selling "junk" wheat cents at $0.02/each

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 3:03 pm
by Cu Penny Hoarder
Bent and corroded? Sorry, but they're only worth the Cu metal value, which right now is 0.016 cents each.

A few years ago I bought 32,000, 1964 Canadian cents still in RCM bank bags for face value. They're all MS condition.

Wanna buy some? :P

Re: LCS is selling "junk" wheat cents at $0.02/each

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 3:57 pm
by TheJonasCollegeFund
Cu Penny Hoarder wrote:Bent and corroded? Sorry, but they're only worth the Cu metal value, which right now is 0.016 cents each.

A few years ago I bought 32,000, 1964 Canadian cents still in RCM bank bags for face value. They're all MS condition.

Wanna buy some? :P

Some neat varieties for that year!

Re: LCS is selling "junk" wheat cents at $0.02/each

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 4:15 pm
by KeepStacking
Cu Penny Hoarder wrote:Bent and corroded? Sorry, but they're only worth the Cu metal value, which right now is 0.016 cents each.

A few years ago I bought 32,000, 1964 Canadian cents still in RCM bank bags for face value. They're all MS condition.

Wanna buy some? :P


If selling at face value, sure! :)

Re: LCS is selling "junk" wheat cents at $0.02/each

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 6:15 pm
by Morsecode
I can't match the 32,000...but 6000 64's fits in one photo :lol:

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Re: LCS is selling "junk" wheat cents at $0.02/each

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 7:13 pm
by johnbrickner
Just when I start to feel pretty good about my stack, some one has one that is bigger and shinier than my own. CA Cu envy.

Re: LCS is selling "junk" wheat cents at $0.02/each

PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2015 8:15 pm
by Morsecode
That pretty bag is long gone now...*sigh*

Pretty sure I sold it to someone on the forum.

Re: LCS is selling "junk" wheat cents at $0.02/each

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 5:15 pm
by Cu Penny Hoarder
Morsecode wrote:I can't match the 32,000...but 6000 64's fits in one photo :lol:

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There you go!

I have 5 unopened bags of these. Feel free to make me an offer.

Re: LCS is selling "junk" wheat cents at $0.02/each

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 5:59 pm
by Morsecode
Well, I was sorry to let them go.

Geez...5 bags :shock: :(

How'd you ever manage that? I found mine in CT, on craigslist. The guy actually bought them back in '64 or '65 on a trip to Canada. Sat unopened in his workshop for the next 47 years.

Re: LCS is selling "junk" wheat cents at $0.02/each

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 6:43 pm
by TheJonasCollegeFund
I would pass on these but check what other cheap coins are available. Do they have any foreign coins? Lots of LCS have junk bins with deals like 3 or 4 or more coins for a dollar. Might be silver in there, too!

Re: LCS is selling "junk" wheat cents at $0.02/each

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 9:30 pm
by Cu Penny Hoarder
Morsecode wrote:Well, I was sorry to let them go.

Geez...5 bags :shock: :(

How'd you ever manage that? I found mine in CT, on craigslist. The guy actually bought them back in '64 or '65 on a trip to Canada. Sat unopened in his workshop for the next 47 years.


LCS owner knew a older hoarder who was getting rid of all his Canadian stuff. I was in the right place at the right time I guess. I've always loved Canadian coins. They're even better now, since the pennies are not minted anymore.

I haven't seen them in years, so I just pulled them out to take a look at them. I lied, I actually have 6 bags... 36,000 :P

Re: LCS is selling "junk" wheat cents at $0.02/each

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 10:53 pm
by Morsecode
Cu Penny Hoarder wrote: I lied, I actually have 6 bags... 36,000 :P


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Re: LCS is selling "junk" wheat cents at $0.02/each

PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 10:42 am
by realhumancopper
What is LCS?.............hal

Re: LCS is selling "junk" wheat cents at $0.02/each

PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 10:45 am
by Thogey
realhumancopper wrote:What is LCS?.............hal


Local Coin Shop

Re: LCS is selling "junk" wheat cents at $0.02/each

PostPosted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:27 am
by Diggin4copper
Thogey wrote:
realhumancopper wrote:What is LCS?.............hal


Local Coin Shop


See, now you learn something new every day! I always thought it was "Local Coin Store" :P :P