I have a penny from 1959?

Question

is it worth anymore than just 1 cent?

Answer 1

well you can just go to a pawn shop and ask because i no that since 2000 instead of the penny bieng copper its just copper plated becuase the copper inside the penny was worth more than just one cent. although pawn shops might rip u off uc an try to sell it on ebay to a colector

Answer 2

noooooooooooooooo

Answer 3

no,but you could sell it to a coin collector

Answer 4

Nope. Unfortunately, even considering how long ago it was made, it's still 1 cent and 1 cent only. But maybe it WOULD be worth something to some penny collector, but who knows?

Answer 5

1959-P (Philadelphia) Cent

20 Cents in Mint State 60 (Uncirculated).

1959-D (Denver) Cent

20 Cents in Mint State 60 (Uncirculated).

To help you find some older coins, go to a bank in your area and buy some rolls of cents and search through them; you can also check the bottom slot and sifter tray at a Coin Star Machine in your area grocery store; the machines do not accept the older coins such as Wheat Cents (1909-1958), nor silver coins, and some folks leave them when they are done sifting.

Answer 6

Not really. I used to work at a eBay store and coins have to be much older than that to gather any interest from collectors. If you found a local coin collector, he might buy it for like 2 pennies, but that is about it. i have a bucket of change by the door to my room. when i reached in and grabed a handful just now, i found one from 1964 and one from 1952. Sorry to burst your bubble, but it probably just surprised you cuz you have never looked at the dates on coins before.

Answer 7

I am very surprised that a 1959 cent is the oldest you have found. I get them from the 1940's all the time in change. Not as much as I used to, but quite often. Keep looking there are older ones out there I got a 1919 the other day. The 1959 cent has a igh mintage and it will be many years before it has any value. Now one can find them in change and at a dollar or less in mint state, from a coin dealer

Answer 8

Assuming you're referring to a U.S. penny, unless it has a particularly odd feature (e.g., double image), it isn't worth anything more than a cent, although its copper value might be worth more than that!

As far as your subsequent detail of it being the oldest one you've seen, it is standard policy of the U.S. mint and treasury to destroy old coins when they are returned to the mint (or  bills to the treasury), usually from banks, which get all the circulated specie (i.e., coins and bills), eventually. Naturally, over time, it gets harder and harder to get older coins. Having said that, though, I have recently seen coins going back to the 1900's (still not worth anything, though!), so it's only a matter of being in the right place, at the right time, and, more likely, not having any kind of life whatsoever!   ;)

Answer 9

Hi. You do the same I do. always I'm looking for the old penny I have. My oldest penny is from the 1949. And I'm steel looking! Good luck!!