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1943 Gray Wheat Pennies

Postby balz » Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:09 pm

Got about 30 in 2-3 rolls... Is it worth something? I think it is steel... Circulated...
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Re: 1943 Gray Wheat Pennies

Postby Doctor Steuss » Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:13 pm

balz wrote:Got about 30 in 2-3 rolls... Is it worth something? I think it is steel... Circulated...

Wow, that's one heckuva find.

They're zinc-coated steel. They sell for a bit more than regular common date wheats. In circulated condition, one of my local dealers sells them for ~$7 a roll, and another one of them sells them for ~$4 a roll (tends to include culls). Don't know what they go for on Ebay.
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Re: 1943 Gray Wheat Pennies

Postby balz » Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:21 pm

I recounted... it's closer to 10-15... some were brushed pennies from the 80's.

Thanks for the answer
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Re: 1943 Gray Wheat Pennies

Postby aristobolus » Wed Aug 31, 2011 12:55 pm

About five years ago I found about one hundred fifty of these in two Brinks Boxes I got from the bank. Someone must have turned them in at some point...
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Re: 1943 Gray Wheat Pennies

Postby Thogey » Wed Aug 31, 2011 12:57 pm

What you really want is a 1943 copper!
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Re: 1943 Gray Wheat Pennies

Postby NDFarmer » Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:11 pm

Thogey wrote:What you really want is a 1943 copper!



I have found 3 of those. But unfortunately they all stuck to the magnet. :(
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Re: 1943 Gray Wheat Pennies

Postby Robarons » Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:42 pm

I found a 1943 copper penny, but when I went to spent it at Burger King they only took it at one cent face value.

I thought they were rare- Oh well
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Re: 1943 Gray Wheat Pennies

Postby avidbrandy » Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:34 pm

Robarons wrote:I found a 1943 copper penny, but when I went to spent it at Burger King they only took it at one cent face value.

I thought they were rare- Oh well


Yea I always buy my fast food with silver quarters and I always feel like they're overcharging me somehow. Can't seem to figure it out though.
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Re: 1943 Gray Wheat Pennies

Postby Doctor Steuss » Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:24 am

aristobolus wrote:About five years ago I found about one hundred fifty of these in two Brinks Boxes I got from the bank. Someone must have turned them in at some point...

I have yet to find me a steelie in the wild.

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Re: 1943 Gray Wheat Pennies

Postby NoCents » Mon Sep 05, 2011 1:22 pm

My daughter just got one from 7-11, change from a small slurpy, near mint too, I was shocked.
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