# Have I ever had a $1000 Coke?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-ever-had-a-1000-coke/465916>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 30, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-ever-had-a-1000-coke/465916 "2008-09-30T20:30:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-ever-had-a-1000-coke/465916/21 "2008-10-01T13:28:36Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> Most wheaties have probably been taken out of actual circulation by folks who go “Ooh, neat, a wheatie”, without regard for any actual value.

Right - although wheat-ear cents were quite common until at least the mid-70s, allowing time for those from 1943 to have acquired plenty of wear. I fear the fact that few of them now circulate means the chance of rare ones being found has dropped.

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**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-ever-had-a-1000-coke/465916/22 "2008-10-01T13:34:57Z")

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> [@Absolute](#):
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> I have some quarters from the 1950’s. You’re telling me they’re worth something?

[This site](http://www.coinflation.com/coins/1932-1964-Silver-Washington-Quarter-Value.html) says their “melt value” is around $2.20.

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**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-ever-had-a-1000-coke/465916/23 "2008-10-01T13:39:24Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> “Circulating” probably wasn’t quite the right term, there. Most wheaties have probably been taken out of actual circulation by folks who go “Ooh, neat, a wheatie”, without regard for any actual value. They’re probably on the top of some dresser somewhere, collecting dust. The point is, most of those '43 coppers are probably held by people who have no idea of their value.

I went home and checked my plastic tube o’ wheaties. No '43 (dang). Anybody want to pay anything for about 9 '44s?

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**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-ever-had-a-1000-coke/465916/24 "2008-10-01T14:10:40Z")

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> [@Santo\_Rugger](#):
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> It was a double headed George Washington dime. You used it to buy a Hershey bar in the local corner store. It would have brought you not only fortune, but fame. Worth 1 million times it’s value, it would have been better than winning the lottery, and you wouldn’t have to worry about the stock market crash, because all your money would be tied up in low risk investments and gold. Pity, but you can’t change the past. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps, and make sure you check those nickles in the future, damn it!

So, 100k is better than winning a lottery? You’ve got some pretty sad lotteries in your area. 😛

Not saying I wouldn’t take the hundred grand, though.

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**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-ever-had-a-1000-coke/465916/25 "2008-10-01T15:31:18Z")

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> [@Xema](#):
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> No need for Google - just check post #6 in this thread.

Crap.

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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-ever-had-a-1000-coke/465916/26 "2008-10-01T15:33:49Z")

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You may well have paid $1000 dollars for coke but it was probably not the kind that you drink.

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