Most valueable wheat penny

Answer 1

There are only a couple of dozen different types of US nickels that are particularly valuable. For most you have to go back more than three-quarters of a century and some cases look for certain minting errors.

The only valuable coin among Jefferson nickels is an error coin, a 1949-D with a small "S" under the D mintmark. These can be worth up to $4500.

Valuable non-error buffalo nickels include

• 1913-D; Type I coins can sell for up to $38,000 and Type II for up to $23,000
• 1914-S; up to $33,000
• 1916-D and 1916-S; up to $20,000
• 1918-D; up to $30,000
• 1926-S; up to $125,000
• 1928-S; up to $23,000

Valuable error buffalo nickels include

• 1916 with 16 over 16 in the date; up to $455,000
• 1918-D with 18 over 17; up to $262,000
• 1937-D where the buffalo only has 3 legs; up to $119,000

Valuable Liberty nickels include 1885, 1886, and (worth somewhat less), 1912-S. Of course there are the famous 1913 Liberty nickels but all of them are in collections or museums. These sell in the millions of dollars.

The most valuable Shield nickels are 1866 and 1867 with rays in the design; these can sell for as much as $28,000

Answer 2

Yes, but not really among the Jefferson series. The only moderately valuable coin in that group is a 1950-D, and you have to be careful of counterfeits.

Valuable buffalo nickels include the 1937-D error variety where the buffalo only has 3 legs.

Valuable Liberty nickels include 1885, 1886, and (worth somewhat less), 1912-S. Of course there are the famous 1913 Liberty nickels but all of them are in collections or museums.

Answer 3

The most valuable wheat cent (those made between 1909 and 1958) would be one of the "error" coins. For example, all the cents minted during 1922 were made at the Denver mint, so there would normally be a "D" directly below the year on the coin's obverse. However, the use of worn dies resulted in the mint mark being weak, or absent altogether, on some coins; an uncirculated example can presently command about $30,000. A 1955 cent with a doubled obverse, again in uncirculated condition, is worth around $20,000. During 1943, in order to save copper for use in machinery and weapons during World War II, steel planchets (blanks) were used for the production of one-cent coins; the U. S. Mint reverted back to copper planchets in 1944. There have been reports of a few coins dated 1944 which were accidentally made using the steel blanks (and, conversely, some dated 1943 using copper blanks). One of those coins would be worth well over $100,000 in today's market.

Answer 4

Generally anything made before 1939 is what collectors buys. Sometimes even these coins are worth less than a dollar. Nickels made from 1942-45 contain 35% silver. These are worth around 2.00 USD.