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1930 no mint mark Wheat Penny
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2025 8:25 pm
by stockman
Anyone know about this type of penny. Bad pictures. Harold
Re: 1930 no mint mark Wheat Penny
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2025 8:36 pm
by SwedgeHead
Always cool examples as keepsakes but don't get sucked into the LISTED prices you might see at auction, check the sold listings for more accurate range.
To be of significant value it would have to be a minted defect or in pristine condition.
As is, it's likely still under $1 but HEY its worth more than a penny !
This might help.
https://www.coinstudy.com/1930-penny-value.html
antique coins are just another hobby of mine so this caught my eye, I do like the old wheat and Indian and steel pennies just because they hold memories collecting even as a kid. I have a huge jar I need to siphon through one of these days myself.
Re: 1930 no mint mark Wheat Penny
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2025 8:42 pm
by bestgear
stockman wrote: ↑Mon Jul 07, 2025 8:25 pm
Anyone know about this type of penny
here’s a reliable site Harold:
https://amp.jmbullion.com/coin-info/cen ... n-pennies/
I agree with SwedgeHead, worth about $1
Re: 1930 no mint mark Wheat Penny
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2025 9:54 pm
by stockman
Thanks Guys, I knew it wasn’t going to make me rich. Fun to try and research. Harold
Re: 1930 no mint mark Wheat Penny
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2025 10:43 pm
by OLDE CUTLER
Maybe you could find a victim to give you a dollar for it. More like 10 to 15 cents.
Re: 1930 no mint mark Wheat Penny
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2025 11:26 pm
by stockman
I throw them in a can, give my kids and grandkids something to do. Harold
Re: 1930 no mint mark Wheat Penny
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2025 3:15 pm
by cody6268
I've got a sandwich ham container full of wheat (and older) pennies, foreign coins (some no longer used--like the French franc), and other odd/old stuff.
I don't think any of them are worth much, but it's a fun little collection that typically cost me nothing, really. 95% of it came in spare change, except for one Buffalo nickel, some Irish coins, and a steel 1943 penny.
Re: 1930 no mint mark Wheat Penny
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2025 4:27 pm
by Jeepergeo
stockman wrote: ↑Mon Jul 07, 2025 9:54 pm
Thanks Guys, I knew it wasn’t going to make me rich. Fun to try and research. Harold
Older coins are still a lot of fun to find even if they are not worth much.
Re: 1930 no mint mark Wheat Penny
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2025 1:49 pm
by RobesonsRme.com
When the U. S. mint discontinued the Wheat Penny for the Lincoln Memorial, my Dad had an idea.
Every Friday, he took his paycheck to the bank and cashed it in pennies.
He spent the weekend separating the Wheats. Then put the rest in rolls and took them back to the bank on Monday.
It was an endeavor of ever diminishing returns, as the Wheat Pennies gradually disappeared from circulation.
He put the coins in empty white plastic Clorox bottles that Mom saved for him and stored them behind the sofa in the living room.
He did find a very nice 1909 S VDB penny, which had some value.
Years later, the house next door was for sale. Mom and Dad bought it as a rental property and he gave the seller $10,000.00 in Wheat Pennies as a down payment.
I helped them load the Clorox bottles into the trunk and back seat of the car and when he drove away, that car was sitting really low.
Re: 1930 no mint mark Wheat Penny
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2025 8:04 pm
by edge213
RobesonsRme.com wrote: ↑Wed Jul 16, 2025 1:49 pm
When the U. S. mint discontinued the Wheat Penny for the Lincoln Memorial, my Dad had an idea.
Every Friday, he took his paycheck to the bank and cashed it in pennies.
He spent the weekend separating the Wheats. Then put the rest in rolls and took them back to the bank on Monday.
It was an endeavor of ever diminishing returns, as the Wheat Pennies gradually disappeared from circulation.
He put the coins in empty white plastic Clorox bottles that Mom saved for him and stored them behind the sofa in the living room.
He did find a very nice 1909 S VDB penny, which had some value.
Years later, the house next door was for sale. Mom and Dad bought it as a rental property and he gave the seller $10,000.00 in Wheat Pennies as a down payment.
I helped them load the Clorox bottles into the trunk and back seat of the car and when he drove away, that car was sitting really low.
Cool story Charlie
Re: 1930 no mint mark Wheat Penny
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2025 11:08 pm
by SwedgeHead
That's a lot of pennies !
BTW, never fill an old 5 gallon glass Sparkletts water bottle with pennies, ask me how I know.