My Grandpa left me his collection of Wheat Pennies. Thousands of them. Their worth? About a penny each, LOL!
Funny you mention that. Last year my wife and I were starting to teach our five (now six) year old daughter about money, and it got me thinking I couldn't recall the last time I'd seen a wheat penny. Sure enough, about two days later, I got a handful of change, and in it was a 1952 wheat penny.
Collected wheat cents and old Jefferson nickels.
We went to a coin dealer and to every nickel he said: "spendable". Meaning worth a nickel.
We did have a 1911-S penny that was worth $8