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Old 01-24-2024, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
Starting around 1950, my mother would go to the bank every year and buy 100 new pennies. I guess she thought they would be worth something some day. But, when she died, I found out that they really weren't worth much more than one cent each. She did have about 50 silver dollars from the early 1920's that were worth about $35 each.
Some wheat Pennie’s are worth something.

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