The 1942-S Lincoln Wheat Cent
These 10 pennies are a bit more common, but still valuable
So you’ve been wanting to collect coins, and you keep hearing about all these pennies you could find in your pocket change?
Well, I’m here to say that finding incredibly rare and valuable cents (or pennies) in your pocket might be much more unlikely than those articles would like you to think.
See, they’re just trying to get you to click so they get more traffic.
We’ll have none of that here!
Let's go over a few pennies that, while they may not be worth crazy large amounts of money, they're still worth more than face-value!
First off, almost all wheat pennies are worth more than face value (even if it’s just a bit over face value) so you’ll want to look out for wheat cents in general.
These are 10 cents that you’ll want to look out for when you’re going through your coin jar, or if you get rolls of pennies from the bank.
As with all coins, the higher quality (grade) your coin is, the higher the worth. So always be sure to look out for high quality specimens, and get them authenticated and graded!
1. 1942-S Lincoln Wheat Cent
Mintage: 85,590,000
Price: $0.20-$13.00
2. 1939-S Lincoln Wheat Cent
Mintage: 52,070,000
Price: $0.17-$6.00
Next up on our list is the 1939-S Lincoln Wheat Penny
3. 1936-S Lincoln Wheat Cent
Mintage: 29,130,000
Price: $0.17-$8.00
Moving right along to the next coin on our list, the 1936-S Lincoln Wheat Penny
4. 1954-S Lincoln Wheat Cent
Mintage: 96,190,000
Price: $0.05-$15.00
For number 4 on our lsit we have the 1954-S Lincoln Wheat Penny
5. 1955-S Lincoln Wheat Cent
Mintage: 44,610,000
Price: $0.10-$17.00
Smack dab in the middle of our list of valuable pennies we've got the 1955-S Lincoln Wheat Penny
6. 1952-S Lincoln Wheat Cent
Mintage: 137,800,000
Price: $0.08-$17.00
The 1952-S Lincoln Wheat Penny
7. 1935 Lincoln Wheat Cent
Mintage: 245,388,000
Price: $0.10-$20.00
On to the 1935 Lincoln Wheat Penny
8. 1953-S Lincoln Wheat Cent
Mintage: 181,835,000
Price: $0.10-$20.00
We're nearing the end of our list, and at number 9 we've got the 1953-S Lincoln Wheat Penny
9. 1952-D Lincoln Wheat Cent
Mintage: 746,130,000
Price: $0.15-$20.00
Almost done! Number nine on our list is the 1952-D Lincoln Wheat Penny
10. 1950 Lincoln Wheat Cent
Mintage: 272,635,000
Price: $0.15-$20.00
And finally, coming in at number ten, the last coin on our list is the 1950 Lincoln Wheat Penny
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