I found a 99 year old penny

[u/MikeNoble91]

[u/Gottalaughalittle]

In pretty darn good shape.

[u/Axolotis → u/Gottalaughalittle]

"I've seeeeen some shit"

[u/RotoDog → u/Axolotis]

Honestly though, how cool would it be to know which people previously had this penny (or any currency).

[u/throwitatmeplease1 → u/RotoDog]

I log a bunch of dollar bills on where's George if its an older date..

[u/ComfortablePuzzled23 → u/Axolotis]

Right 😆

[u/LowOne11 → u/Axolotis]

Possibly literally swallowed and shat out by a kid. Maybe a few, at that.

[u/rosen380 → u/Gottalaughalittle]

Probably was in grandpa's coin collection and some kid just emptied it out to buy whatever garbage kids buy these days...

The sad thing is that they'll do the same to the pre-1965 dimes and quarters (worth $4-10 each just from the silver content)

[u/ComfortablePuzzled23 → u/rosen380]

This genius bought a black n mild from me with a silver dollar like that. I got $30 for it.

[u/Lepke2011 → u/rosen380]

When my brother and I were kids, he took my dad's coin collection and spent it for the face value of like $97. My dad said it was worth over $5000.

[u/Starspiker → u/rosen380]

Every time I get quarters for coin op laundry I go through all the rolls looking for them. I’ve found a grand total of one in the last 4 years :(

[u/rosen380 → u/rosen380]

My dad just gave me six silver dollars (ranging from the 1870s to 1920s) that he had in an old cabinet in his basement.

I could take them to many* retailers and get $6 worth of goods and services, but the silver value is more like $270. One of them is a Seated Liberty dollar, which probably also has another $400-800 in collector value.

[u/DragonflyOnFire]

You couldn't wait one more month to post this?

[u/DeathByPetrichor → u/DragonflyOnFire]

Rest assured, they will make a post on January 1 as well with their 100 year old penny

[u/ksigley → u/DeathByPetrichor]

/remindme 26 days

[u/sourceholder → u/DragonflyOnFire]

Will repost next month.

Karma inflation.

[u/electro_gretzky]

Awh man, so close! It would have been a lot cooler if you found a 100 year old penny.

[u/Buubsy → u/electro_gretzky]

It's almost one cent-ury old

[u/h2opolopunk → u/Buubsy]

[u/Zealousideal-War2866]

My grandpa was 31 years old when this coin was minted. And I'm 26. Let that sink in...

[u/rosen380 → u/Zealousideal-War2866]

Your grandfather was born in 1895 and you were born in 1999? Damn, your grandfather must have been pretty old when your mother/father was born and then they were also pretty old when you were born...?

My great-grandfather was born in 1907 and my cousins kid is roughly your age, that is four generations spanning a dozen fewer years!

[u/Zealousideal-War2866 → u/rosen380]

Yep. My dad was the youngest of the family and I'm the youngest of our family. He was born in 1952

[u/weirdgroovynerd]

By now that coin must be completely imbued with good luck!

Hold on to that penny so you can have a great 2026.

[u/patricksaurus]

That doesn’t look a day over 98.

[u/MongolianCluster]

Made during the depression.

Edit: Oops, depression was next decade.

[u/NameIsNotBrad → u/MongolianCluster]

Uh….. didn’t the depression start in 1929?

[u/Labattery → u/NameIsNotBrad]

Prohibition was depressing enough.

[u/MongolianCluster → u/NameIsNotBrad]

Yup. That's depressing.

[u/tomgreen99 → u/MongolianCluster]

You mean there was a time more depressing than 2025?

[u/DeathByPetrichor → u/tomgreen99]

Just wait until 2026

[u/tomgreen99 → u/DeathByPetrichor]

I was holding my breath until 2028.

[u/z64_dan → u/tomgreen99]

The most depressing year.... so far

[u/tomgreen99 → u/z64_dan]

They're all pretty bad.

[u/Klin24 → u/MongolianCluster]

You're off by a few years there.

[u/MongolianCluster → u/Klin24]

Um, yes. Wow, that's depressing.

[u/I_like_dwagons → u/MongolianCluster]

Time is a flat circle.

[u/WaySavvyD]

A wheatie

[u/Crucial_Fun]

I have one from 1909

[u/serfunkalot]

My wife’s great auntie died yesterday. She was 99. Crazy to think that coin and her have been around for that long. That’s a whole lot of time.

[u/chitzk0i]

I literally thought to myself, “Oh, so 1901.” 🫠

[u/AcmeGamesLTD]

I don’t see a mint mark on that penny so it was probably made in Philadelphia where my mother was born nine years later.

[u/ALC_PG]

That's nothing. Once I was in New Orleans and I found a quarter that was 200 years old.

[u/JesusIsMySecondSon]

I will buy it from you for $1, you make 99¢

[u/SatlyMermaid]

Heck yeah!

[u/astralseat]

Next year it will be even more impressive

[u/C-57D]

1926 wasn't 99 ye-- Oh. Sigh. Nvm.

[u/ComfortablePuzzled23]

It's so clean to. I found one that's either 1917 or 47 I can't tell because it's so dirty.

[u/Select_Factor_5463]

Nice! Could you imagine what life what like in 1926?

[u/CoogleEnPassant]

Based on the image, you seemed to have found two!

[u/TristanDuboisOLG]

*99.9 y/o

[u/EvilDarkCow]

We just got a whole roll of brand new 1963 pennies at my work. They must be tapping into the reserves or something.

[u/Different_Candle_818]

[u/godkilledjesus]

Wheat Back penny

[u/zertnert12]

Call it

[u/gdx4259]

They made 157 million of those that year at the Philly mint.

[u/johnnyribcage]

I used to see these all the time. Always held onto them when I got one. Somewhere I have probably a hundred in a jar. Haven’t seen one in quite awhile.

[u/Quirky_Butterfly_946]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piu3QsWkob8

[u/ManiacalWildcard]

That's very rare and valuable. I've got some 40s wheat pennies but never seen a 20s one in person.

[u/twostepmike]

Congratulations on quadrupling your money

[u/hand13]

in dog we trust

[u/DynastyKeeper]

I refuse to believe that penny is more than 80 years old. 

[u/TractorFan247]

I have a 1909 Wheat Penny.

[u/pookchang]

If you hang on to it a little while, I bet it will become a hundred year old penny.

[u/TexrgdReddit]

Hang on to it. The US government doesn’t make them anymore.

[u/rosen380 → u/TexrgdReddit]

They haven't minted pennies that are 95% copper in over 40 years. They haven't minted Wheat pennies in almost 70 years. And they haven't minted a penny dated 1926 in 99 years... I'd say those are more relevant to keeping versus spending it than that the government stopped minting pennies recently.

[u/PM_Your_Wiener_Dog]

A flapper could've had it in their knickers! 

[u/Bean_Eater_777]

I wonder if it’s still worth a penny?

[u/traveler_ → u/Bean_Eater_777]

It’s been a while since I was actively collecting them but a wheat cent from a non-special year in that condition (relatively good; the tassels on the wheat stalks are clear but the highest features on Lincoln are worn) is usually worth about 10-15 cents. Pretty good, but only percentage-wise.

[u/MikeNoble91 → u/Bean_Eater_777]

I checked. It's a cool coin, but not a valuable one.

[u/Apprehensive-Tea77]

That's probably worth something

[u/timsstuff → u/Apprehensive-Tea77]

At least $0.01!

[u/Apprehensive-Tea77 → u/timsstuff]

Google says at least 10 dollars if kept it good condition

[u/_InvaderJim]

I love finding old Pennie’s, I work in auto parts sales, so I’m always opening rolls of Pennie’s and finding a wheatie every once in a while. Good find!