The Lincoln penny Wheat Reverse does in fact weight (at pressing) 3.11g, and the new Lincoln Penny with the Shield Reverse weighs in at 2.5g. You could "rough it" with: You're likely to see less than 5% of the old wheat ones on average. The older "Wheat-back" pennies are about 3.1 grams and the newer ones 2.5-2.6 grams I think, so weighing a bunch of pennies at a time and dividing to find how many dollars worth you have won't work very accurately to count the pennies unless you have a fair knowledge of how much of each of the older ones and how many new ones are in the bucket. Those commenting here on the Penny's weight …
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