How much is it worth?

Question

how much is a penney from 1928 worth?

Answer 1

Without writing a novel, the 1928 cent is worth .02 to about .80 cents in circulated grades, more if in mint state. As you can see here it is not a very scarce date. It would however be worth saving for in the future the value will go up.  

Answer 2

It is worth what you will get for scrap copper .

Answer 3

Lindsay,

   I have been into numismatics for a little over 11 years now and there is no simple answer. The greatest issue about a coin is it's condition and judging by your question, unless this 1928 lincoln cent looks like it was just off the press it wont bring you much of anything. Most coin dealers will pay 2 cents each for common wheat cents. There is however what we call key date and semi key date coins. These are coins that are either a small production coin or just a rarity period. For instance in the Lincoln cent group there are the following big dollar coins. 1909 s VDB, 1914 d, 1922 plain, 1931s, and the greatest coin of all the 1955 double die. Most of these coins will fetch thousands of dollars when in mint condition. The other thing I tell anyone who may think they have a priceless coin is never clean them under any circumstance. So many people think if they clean it with polish or jewlery cleaner that this will increase the value. Lets say you have a 1914d in what is called MS 64 brown grade. Brown is the color of the coin, the number 64 represents the condition and detail of the coins surface. Some would think that if they clean it it would be worth more so the person dips the coin into a cleaner and now they just took a coin that would have sold in the 6500-8200 dollar range and made it worth about $600 and thats if you could find a buyer to purchase a cleaned coin.

Did you know that there is a 1999 Lincoln cent out there that will sell for $750 ? It's called a 1999 type 2 Lincoln cent. On the back of the coin the word America has what they call a proof strike. On all proof strikes during this year the A in America is spaced from the M so if you found an 1999 type 2 the word America would look like this

(A MERICA) You would need at least a 5/10 power jewler scope to see it good but it's out there. Pick up a book on coins like the 2008 Red Book and read it. You would fall over on some of the coins you pass through your hands everyday that could be worth hundreds or thousands. I sold California State quarters on Ebay a few years ago that had what is called an error in the strike. The mans hat on the reverse had a glob of extra metal and changed the apperance completly. I ended up getting $150 for each coin and it dwindled down to about $55 each after about 3 weeks. I caught the craze after the WN

state quarter produced what they call an extra leaf variety and made a killing. A couple places to check out are PCGS dot com for coin values. Know that the prices on there site are for graded coins and an average of what they sell for. In 1997 they acutioned off what is considered an illegal coin due to FDR ending the gold coins and put forth the gold coin act of 1933. A St. Gaudens 1933 Double Eagle sold to a private collector for 7.4 million dollars and is considered the highest sale for a single coin in history. The only other place that had one of these coins is the Smithonian. Koinpro dot tripod dot com is the site you want to got to to learn about that 1999 type 2 lincoln cent I talked about. Ken Potter has detailed pictures of the coin on his site and is a renouned error expert. I got hooked on coins when I found a 1984 double die lincoln cent in my pocket change. I noticed that Lincoln didn't look right and I took it home and looked under a magnifying glass and noticed that he had 2 ears. I had no idea it was worth anything and one day i went by a coin shop and showed it to the dealer. He looked at me and offered me $450 for it which I took in a heartbeat. I later became good friends with him and he taught me everything I know about coins today. I know this is a rather long responce to your question but trust me, the world of coins is very interesting and is a blast. You may not get rich overnight, but you can make some decent $$$ once you learn to look for certain things. I to this day still go to banks and buy every roll of half dollars they have. You would be surpried at the ammount of 1964 Kennedy halfs I find. About 7 weeks ago I went to a local bank and bought $850 worth of half dollars. By the time I was done going through them I had 5 rolls of 1964 and prior Kennedies and 8 rolls of 1965-70 Kennedies. Whats the big deal? 64 and prior are 90% silver and 65-70 are 40% silver. I pay $10 face for each roll, any silver I find is a gain and if I find no silver I dont loose a cent. To give you an idea I sold the 90% rolls and got $164 for each roll I sold. Thats a $154 profit each roll. Although I cant tell you how many times I have bought rolls and found nothing or even just one 40% silver half, the point is it's the only way to make money without loss. I hope this post helps you and even strikes a new intrest for you, sorry I couldnt tell you tht you had a jackpot winner in your hand but you never know what will turn up down the road.

Answer 4

not much ($1.00 at the most) unless it had an error or a special image on it then it's worth more