Elkins is a city in Randolph County, West Virginia, USA. The community was incorporated in 1890 and named in honor of Stephen Benton Elkins (1841â1911), a U.S. Senator from West Virginia. The population was 7,094 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Randolph County.
CoinTrackers.com has estimated the 1946 Wheat Penny value at an average of 15 cents, one in certified mint state (MS+) could be worth $4.
Adjusted for inflation, an 1870 penny would be worth about 31 cents today. The first coins of the Dominion of Canada were issued in 1870, although the penny was not added until 1876. The penny had been in use in what is now Canada since 1858, when the province of Canada adopted the decimal system. From 1858 to 1907, Canadian coins were struck at mints in England.