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Vinca

(53,647 posts) Sat Feb 21, 2026, 05:06 PM 6 hrs ago

So this is amusing.

I went to the bank one day last week and the teller and I were talking about pennies. She told me people have been coming in wanting to buy large amounts of pennies because they think they're going to be collectibles in the future. Uh huh. Maybe 200 years from now.

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So this is amusing. (Original Post) Vinca 6 hrs ago OP

There's a TV ad now, Bayard 6 hrs ago #1

I don't think the penny is collectable LogDog75 6 hrs ago #2

There's always the odd chance you get something with an erroneous strike of some sort, but the chances are Vinca 3 hrs ago #3

Bayard

(29,146 posts)

1. There's a TV ad now,

Reply to Vinca (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 05:17 PM

6 hrs ago

Advertising a roll of 100 new pennies, for like $10. Collectible, you know!

LogDog75

(1,205 posts)

2. I don't think the penny is collectable

Reply to Vinca (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 05:39 PM

6 hrs ago

except for certain dates and their conditions. In 2024, over 3 billion pennies made so it's a sucker's gamble to hoard pennies made in the past 50 or more years. The ones that would be collectable would be the old Wheat Stalk pennies were made which was from from 1909 - 1958. I have a number of these including some Steel Wheat Stalk pennies I'll held onto for decades.

Vinca

(53,647 posts)

3. There's always the odd chance you get something with an erroneous strike of some sort, but the chances are

Reply to LogDog75 (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 08:40 PM

3 hrs ago

slim to nil. The people looking to buy the pennies from the bank seem to think that just because they're being discontinued will make them valuable someday.

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