Found a 1900 U.S Penny!

[enterthemadness]

Found it just a while ago while counting my change. It was really dirty and I could barely see a date, either 1800 or 1900. Cleaned it with some Diet Pepsi Max and now I can easily tell it has 1900 on it. It has a Native American head on it btw.

 

[enterthemadness]

Hmmm...could get about a hundred or maybe a few thousand for it, depending on a few things.

http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/indian_head_cents/1900_indian_head_cent__copper.htm

 

[AhabTheArab]

well its worth more than a penny. its made of copper.

 

[terry78]

You may want to get that appraised somewhere non-governmental at first. i remember some story about some dude that went to some official shop and asked how much it was worth, the U.S. Treasury confiscated that **** because it was some kind of national thing.

 

[AndThePickles]

I hope you stop drinking pepsi now that you see how easily it can clean a dirty penny

 

[enterthemadness]

well its worth more than a penny. its made of copper.

Yeah.

After a quick glance at ebay...I wouldn't get a lot there. Not too many people are bidding on 1900 Indian head pennies there.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Cleaned it with some Diet Pepsi Max and now I can easily tell it has 1900 on it.

[Antiques Roadshow Sadist]Now, had you NOT cleaned the penny with Pepsi, it would be worth FIFTY to SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Now it's worth one twenty-fifth of a gum ball. [/Antiques Roadshow Sadist]

 

[Immortalfire]

Sweet

 

[enterthemadness]

I hope you stop drinking pepsi now that you see how easily it can clean a dirty penny

known about that for years. My body...though, I don't drink it everyday anymore. Rather have coffee over...well, this isn't the damn point of this thread.

Although...if you drink soda by the liter(s) (Thinking 2 or 3 liters) almost every day...sooner or later it can really mess up your stomach. Know a person who had that happened to.

 

[hammy]

Cool.

 

[Prognosticator]

known about that for years. My body...though, I don't drink it everyday anymore. Rather have coffee over...well, this isn't the damn point of this thread.

Although...if you drink soda by the liter(s) (Thinking 2 or 3 liters) almost every day...sooner or later it can really mess up your stomach. Know a person who had that happened to.

Mmm, a 2 or 3-liter sounds good right about now!

 

[Carcharodon]

Coke is actually more acidic than Pepsi (greater phosphoric acid content).

 

[enterthemadness]

Mmm, a 2 or 3-liter sounds good right about now!

Well, this person drank 2 or 3 bottles of those a day.... Granted...you couldn't tell, because this person had a fast metabolism.

 

[Corinthian™]

[Antiques Roadshow Sadist]Now, had you NOT cleaned the penny with Pepsi, it would be worth FIFTY to SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Now it's worth one twenty-fifth of a gum ball. [/Antiques Roadshow Sadist]

those bastards are ********s!

I lol at the poor losers that "fix" their antiques and end up reducing the value


like this lady that had a stone cleaned but the jewler said to remove a peice of metal behind the stone so the stone could shine brighter... dumb broad ruined a 1890's engagement ring with a ruby... worth 25 thousand.. now worth **** compared to the 25 grand... I bet it was karma for that *****

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

She just likes cleanliness.

 

[chaseter]

I collect coins and they never made gold pennies so you won't get a lot for it. Maybe 5-10 bucks depending on how nice it is graded.

 

[strikezone89]

Found it just a while ago while counting my change. It was really dirty and I could barely see a date, either 1800 or 1900. Cleaned it with some Diet Pepsi Max and now I can easily tell it has 1900 on it. It has a Native American head on it btw.

u know if u clean coins takes away some of the value?

 

[chaseter]

u know if u clean coins that devalueize's them

Who are you...Arnold

 

[strikezone89]

Who are you...Arnold

i kno i cant spell
im not pround of it. lol

 

[chaseter]

i kno i cant spell
im not pround of it. lol

GET TO THE CHOPPA ...

 

[Argyle of Sock]

Indian head pennies are rare-ish, but not that valuable.

According to a quick Google search, a 1900 Indian Head Penny is worth about a dollar (http://coins.about.com/od/coinvalues/l/bl-indian-head-penny-values.htm).

Woohoo! You're rich!

 

[SamuraiSon6]

cool man, my grandad is a big collector of coins, he usually gives me a rare one every christmas, the older i have gotten, the more i value the gifts

 

[SuperFerret]

Indian head pennies are rare-ish, but not that valuable.

According to a quick Google search, a 1900 Indian Head Penny is worth about a dollar (http://coins.about.com/od/coinvalues/l/bl-indian-head-penny-values.htm).

Woohoo! You're rich!

Still that's 100x more than it would've been worth had he used it as a penny.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

Found it just a while ago while counting my change. It was really dirty and I could barely see a date, either 1800 or 1900. Cleaned it with some Diet Pepsi Max and now I can easily tell it has 1900 on it. It has a Native American head on it btw.

Damn,your lucky.The oldest American coin i have is from 1923.

 

[Kritish]

I've got a whole bag of Indian head pennies.