I remember wheat pennies being pretty common as a kid. Now I feel lucky if I see one in a year. Same for WW2-era nickles. I will find those every few years. But nothing else.
Congratulations to the Kentucky farmer!
I got a wheat penny just a few days ago, but it’s been several years since I got a silver dime in my change.
Funny you mention that. A few months back I was thinking the same thing, and I was wondering if my five year old daughter would ever see a wheat penny. Sure enough a few days after I was thinking about that, I got a handful of change that included a 1951 wheat penny.
I was amused by the serendipity and mentioned it on a thread shortly after. Another FReeper (I don't recall who) mentioned they had recently gone through a large number of pennies and estimated around 1% of the batch he had gone through were wheat pennies.