WHO ELSE GETS EXCITED SEEING THIS WHEN YOU OPEN A $25 BOX OF PENNIES

Jlynn8523

I paid face value( $25 ) for this from my local bank! When I opened this I was absolutely floored and can’t wait to tear into them! Just to be sure I checked 10 throughout the box to verify and I’m freaking happy as a fat kid opening a box of treasure, oh wait I described myself exactly! Lol!

PerryHall

Very cool. Someone saved them from circulation. Most likely after he died, his family took them to the bank and deposited them. Let us know what you find.

johnny9434

You got lucky on that box of coin

Namvet69

@Jlynn8523 I'm excited just knowing how much fun it is to roll search that many rolls. Last nite I did one roll of 2005-P Jeff's and came away with multiple die cracks and I was jazzed. Get your liquid tears ready for them eyeballs. Good hunting and can't wait to see what you find. Good luck. Peace Roy

Onastone

Score!!! Pure treasure!! You must post some of the best roll reveals!!!!

erwindoc

Cant wait to hear how the box went!

Crackout

Looks like some are possibly dated? "Wheat Back 12/77"

I was in high school then!

PerryHall

A funny practical joke would be to mark some rolls of cents with "Indian head cents" and then turn them in at the bank. Or would that be too mean?

ricko

@Jlynn8523... Looks like some fun rolls... However, since they are marked like that, you can expect any real treasures to have been withheld. Still, could be some other treasures that were missed or the previous owner was not aware of.... Good luck, and let us know. Cheers, RickO

Jlynn8523

Okay so the backstory I guess this guy was a collector and passed away like a few others had said and three boxes like this were left behind to his family and supposedly his son said they had never been opened as long as he had been alive! I bought all three boxes but they were all wheat backs but the other 2 range up to 1999! This is going to take a while to sort through but I have already found some pretty cool stuff and of course I started with the wheat back box as far as the 12/77 I was told that that was when he purchased certain rolls from the bank! I don’t know yet we’ll see!

WAYNEAS

...and let the show (finds) begin.
Wayne

joeykoins

Yea!
Good Luck, my friend. Sorry, gonna play the devil's advocate. It's funny you made this thread. I just picked up a $25 box myself!


The only thing is, customer wrapped rolls can also be a downer? Meaning, they could of been searched already? In your case, hope they're NOT! The box I received today. I purposely asked for these wrapped ones, not customer wrapped.
Good Luck.

Jlynn8523

Ok first coin is about to go up in a new discussion!

mr1931S

Got yourself maybe a couple hundred bucks worth of wheats at least. My bank only sells rolls from FRB. The rolls look like joey's rolls seen above.

hchcoin

Very cool regardless of the outcome

Jlynn8523

About to post the second one up for discussion

FrankH

@Jlynn8523 said:
Ok first coin is about to go up in a new discussion!

Why not keep it in this thread?

Jlynn8523

@FrankH said:

@Jlynn8523 said:
Ok first coin is about to go up in a new discussion!

Why not keep it in this thread?

Sorry I thought I had to post a new coin in a new thread! That’s Coinhelpu forum though sorry that’s my fault

Jlynn8523

1953-D Lincoln Wheat Cent RPM correct?

LukeMarshall

Nice to see that obviously and previously cherished box go to someone who can appreciate it, and have fun searching it!

Cheers

Jlynn8523

1976-D Lincoln Cent Is This A straight Clipped Planchet?

Type2

Oh no we have a whole box of this to go through.

joeykoins

@Type2 said:
Oh no we have a whole box of this to go through.

200 drops, is my guess?

Jlynn8523

That’s ridiculous! And something needs to be done about people like this!

JWP

Wish I could get a box with what you got. I went through 20 rolls of cents today and found just "s" cents I love to search rolls of coins. Happy hunting.

Type2

🙂

DCW

That escalated quickly.

CoinCrazyPA

@Jlynn8523 said:
1976-D Lincoln Cent Is This A straight Clipped Planchet?

Looks post mint damaged to me.

privatecoin

Poof......

Batman23

Bummer, what I thought was going to be a lucky and interesting box of cents has just turned for the worse. It happens.

For the straight clip, I think that it was cut after minting, not an actual planchet clip.

In before the poof. Good luck!

PerryHall

@Jlynn8523 and @Type2 Unless you guys are trying to get yourselves banned, you should delete your posts. Swearing and quoting swearing which is considered just as bad will definitely get you banned. I hate to see good forum members commit "suicide by moderator".

erwindoc

@PerryHall said:
@Jlynn8523 and @Type2 Unless you guys are trying to get yourselves banned, you should delete your posts. Swearing and quoting swearing which is considered just as bad will definitely get you banned. I hate to see good forum members commit "suicide by moderator".

Yeah, bye! I was hoping to see mountains of wheat cents that were discovered, but instead just senseless profanity!

ambro51

Profane post reported

bsshog40

I just don't understand why someone that is not interested in a thread because it may bore them or isn't up to their standards of collecting, has to make a comment that ridicules the OP. This thread will probably now get poofed because a member decided to only contribute sarcasm instead of interest in a new members find and only wants help!!

messydesk

@PerryHall said:
A funny practical joke would be to mark some rolls of cents with "Indian head cents" and then turn them in at the bank. Or would that be too mean?

Or mark one of them "RARE L@@K".

JBK

@Jlynn8523 said:
Disrespectful comments should be censored too!

Let's start with yours.

I don't care how new or how young you are, you should know that sort of language is inappropriate, not to mention against forum rules.

WAYNEAS

Cue the Dragon.

Wayne

itsnotjustme

Just like another recent thread, a "new" member comes in posting stuff, then goes off. Sometimes I wonder if these are not trolls and people banned who just want to spoil things.

Jlynn8523

@itsnotjustme said:
Just like another recent thread, a "new" member comes in posting stuff, then goes off. Sometimes I wonder if these are not trolls and people banned who just want to spoil things.

Definitely no troll here!

Type2

All good?

3stars

This is why leaving coins as a family “legacy” isn’t always the best idea. For most people, it’s just spending money.

Jlynn8523

So what's the deal with this 1957D Lincoln Wheat Cent???

Coinscratch

Yes I definitely get excited when seeing a box like this. Except when they’ve been labeled cause that usually means the person who rolled them knew what he was doing.
Now, the newer rolls that have 80’s and 90’s though may contain some high mint state coins worth grading.
I get more exited about an 80’s MS68 than I do an old brown rpm.

Good luck with it

Type2

@Jlynn8523 said:
So what's the deal with this 1957D Lincoln Wheat Cent???

Was once in one of theses.

Steven59

@Jlynn8523 said:
[So what's the deal with this 1957D Lincoln Wheat Cent??? ]

Usually that shows they were pressed into some kind of bezel for jewelry, keyholders, or those Lucky Horseshoe holders..........

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Coinscratch

Nice Bass! That mother hog looks to be 15 lbs.

sellitstore

I reuse old paper coin wrappers and have brought many to the bank for redemption that indicated that there was 90% silver inside. There wasn't. Not intending to get anyone's hopes up, but it probably has. Just getting rid of my extra change.

BTW- got a 1940 cent this last week in F-VF in change. Doesn't take much to get me excited these days, and after 50+ years, I still pay cash in order to receive change to check. I'll never break that habit.

Jlynn8523

@Coinscratch said:
Nice Bass! That mother hog looks to be 15 lbs.

It was actually 13lbs. 1oz! I’ve got got some videos and pics of some absolute hogs! But that’s for another forum lol!

Jlynn8523

@Coinscratch said:
Yes I definitely get excited when seeing a box like this. Except when they’ve been labeled cause that usually means the person who rolled them knew what he was doing.
Now, the newer rolls that have 80’s and 90’s though may contain some high mint state coins worth grading.
I get more exited about an 80’s MS68 than I do an old brown rpm.

Good luck with it

I definitely got a ton of them! And a lot are in high MS from ‘59-‘99 I’m still kinda organizing everything but I’ll shoot a couple pics of different things but for the time being instead of focusing on errors which I’m horrible at if you couldn’t tell, I’ll just try to stick to better grades of coins until I can get more knowledge! And then kinda leave the thread to where u guys take it from there!

Coinscratch

Possibly already mentioned but varietyvista.com is a great place to match up and confirm your finds.