Buy multiple lots as bonuses are accretive in a single purchase and just keep getting better! You will receive every bonus up to the number of lots you purchase! If you would like a particular copper round, just message us immediately upon purchase and let us know, otherwise copper rounds will be chosen at random from the 7 available. All buffalo nickels will be chosen at random and we are unable to fulfill requests for specific  dates.

Pictures of cents and bonuses are representative of what you will receive.

Common Wheat Cent Tricks (We do not do these!):

·      The vast majority of cents are 40’s and 50’swith only a couple earlier dates. (With us, you will still receive plenty of 40’sand 50’s but will also receive many earlier coins.

·      You are given a “gold flake bonus” in a vial of water. This is typically uncut glitter and not gold at all. It only runs a few cents.

·      A number of  coins were removed from your “pound” to qualify for first-class shipping. You will always receive shipping via priority mail with us!

What you will receive in our lots assuming you achieve the appropriate bonus level:

·      Wheat cents from all decades guaranteed (with the exception of 1909, see bonuses!). All lot levels.

·      Real full-date buffalo nickels!

·      Real copper bullion rounds!

·      Real silver bullion bars!

·      Leatherette pouch with every lot!

·      A bullion case with lots 9 and 10!

Bonuses!

*Please note, bonuses are accretive. For example, you will receive every bonus from lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 if you purchase 4 lots. *Bonus lots 9 and 10 will come with the same bullion case. There are 7 different copper rounds. You may message immediately upon purchase to request a specific round(s), otherwise they willbe chosen at random. You will not receive two of the same bullion round unless requested. Every lot will include a drawstring leatherette pouch with a soft interior.

Facts:

·       There are approximately 145 copper pennies in a pound. Cents were pure copper until mid 1982 (with the exception of 1943 steel cents.

·      1982 and earlier(again with the 1943 exception) cents are worth ~3x their face value in copper weight!

·      There are approximately 181 copper plated zinc pennies in a pound.

·       There are approximately 168 steel pennies in a pound.

·      1944-1946pennies were made using spent shell casings from WWII.

1943 Penny Facts

The 1943 penny is unusual among United States one-cent coins.

It’s the only regular-issue United States one-cent coin to be minted from steel (the 1944steel penny off-metal error is not considered a regular issue), and it’s therefore one of the most popular coins people collect.

Why was the penny made from steel?

To save copper for World War II munitions. The war years of the 1940s was a time of rations. Everything from rubber to sugar was rationed because America needed to send these items to its troops fighting overseas. Copper, like so many other common materials, was one of those items.

Officials with the United States Mint had to find a way to replace the copper in the one-cent coin with a low-cost material. Plastic was among the many materials the Mint considered before determining zinc-coated steel to be the choice among its cost-effective options.

The steel cents were a creative solution, but they weren’t without their problems.

Many people confused the silver-colored pennies for dimes. Magnets in vending machines designed to weed out counterfeit coins filtered out authentic 1943steel wheat pennies. The steel inside the coin was prone to rusting after exposure to moisture.

These and other issues plagued the 1943 steel cents. After just 1 year, the Mint reverted back to copper — using the metal from spent copper shell casings to strike Lincoln pennies from 1944 through 1946.