My good deed of the day, giving a nickel back to the newsstand guy over on Joralemon when he really owed me a penny in change, paid off with said penny turning out to be a pretty shiny 1955 “Wheatie” penny (on right, below). They’re less and less common every day. I’m getting about ten a year these days (1958 was their last year) but I’m on a roll. The one on the left (1944) popped up just last week. Last year I found a 1939 nickel, and in the few years before that some really rare (in pocket change that is) coins, a 1936 Buffalo nickel and a 1954 silver dime.
