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I have a large peanut butter jar with wheat pennies. Are they worth anything. Where can I go to have them checked in the Indianapolis IN area.
Jan, common wheat eared reverse cents were selling for a couple cents. If you have any better dates/conditions, they would be worth more. Try going to www.ebay.com and do a search for wheat pennies or wheat cents and the like and see what is selling and what is being asked for them and even better what is being bid, Jim Lawniczak
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Jim Lawniczak
Expertise
I will answer your questions about encased coins (lucky pennies), which are advertising and event tokens with coins, unually cents, struck with the token.
Experience
Long time collector of encased coins and author of several articles on encased coins.
Organizations
TAMS, ECI (Encased Collectors International)
Publications
TAMS -- several articles on encased coins, in particular the encased coins of the 1901 Buffalo Pan American Exposition
Casement -- many articles on encased coins
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