Where has it been for 98 years? Received in change 1912 penny

[WilliamBoyd]

I received this 1912 penny from a change machine at the local Safeway grocery store.

Where has it been for 98 years?

 

[treasuredog]

Wow!!! Nice shape to. Way to go,keep looking

 

[slowNsteady]

Every once in a while, I get silver coins or a wheatie in change. 1912? Wow! Great find!!

 

[Historyhound]

WOW, that's in really nice shape. I come across them that old every now and then, but they're usually worn pretty smooth. NICE!

 

[trainer]

That is your lucky penny !

 

[billjustbill]

The times are tough and as tobacco, alcohol, and gasoline prices start going back up, people will again use all their coins to make ends meet. Going through piggy-banks, looking in the back of those deep thin cabinet drawers, and getting to the bottom of that old jar of coins, now give old coins new life....

Take a look at what pre-1965 silver coins are really worth:

http://www.coinflation.com/silver_coin_values.html

 

[Gaijun1]

Awsome
I Have Seveal Old Pennys Like That One i Have a Silver Penny I Belive The Date On That One Is 1908

 

[cyberdan]

One i Have a Silver Penny I Belive The Date On That One Is 1908

somebody probably silver plated an indian in a school science project.
or, if it looks undersize maybe you have a real winner. Indian head stamped on a barber dime planchet.

 

[Indianhead Jones]

I get older coins in change once in a while, but a 1912 wheat cent is very remarkable!

Can you imagine how many hands it's passed through in all those years?

Larry G.

 

[jackie blue]

Congratulations on your find! I am finding more older coins recently. Like billjustbill said, people are digging into their piggy banks but have not found a coin nearly that age yet.

 

[creeper71]

Awsome
I Have Seveal Old Pennys Like That One i Have a Silver Penny I Belive The Date On That One Is 1908

I would like to see a pic of the silver penny..please?