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After 65 years of saving, an 81-year-old Slaton man has deposited $816 worth of pennies at Prosperity Bank.
Ira Keys hasn't spent a penny since he was 17 years old, because of advice his father gave him.
"He says, 'Whatever you do son, save your money,'" Keys said. "Back when I started in '52, I didn't have a lot of money, so I saved pennies and I just kept saving them."
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LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)he could have gotten more than face value for some of the "wheat" pennies, production of which ended in 1958:
http://coins.about.com/library/US-coin-values/bl-US0001-Lincoln-Wheat-Values.htm
onethatcares
(16,173 posts)wheaties go for minimum .03 each I think.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)which would give them an added premium.
There are also some penny varieties that are worth far in excess of their face value. A 1955 or 1972 Doubled Die, for example, can be worth hundreds of dollars. A collector in Kentucky recently found a 1969-S Doubled Die in a penny roll he got from the bank, and turned it into thousands of dollars. And I myself found a 1995 Doubled Die cent in circulation, and while it's not extremely rare like those other doubled dies, it's still worth about $10-- pretty good for a 1-cent investment.