When going through rolls

atarian

what is the most common wheat cent you find. ??

for me its always a ton of 1946 wheats. im stunned that it wasnt the 56 57 or 58s but something 12 yrs older. what do you see alot of

prooflike

When I was doing the wheat cent bit, it was '45...

kamehameha00

I find alot of fifties and 45's-47's. 1957-D and 1956-D are the commonest ones though.

ziggy29

Another vote for '56-D here. I think I saw that more than any other when I was a kid and looked through rolls.

I think it may depend what part of the country you're in, too. If you get mostly D-mint coins where you are, you tend to get a lot of '56-D, '57-D and '58-D. If you live in P-mint country, you might be more likely to get those dates around 1944-46 when an ungodly number of Philly coins were minted. Over this much time I'm sure there has been considerable coast-to-coast mingling, but I'd imagine you'd still see mostly Philly coins east of the Mississippi (roughly), and mostly Denver wheaties to the west.

HTubbs

1946?There so common I just spend them.

atarian

todays search yeilds

15 wheats
9 of 15 1946
3 of 15 56d
2 of 15 1941
and a real sweet 1955

Coinerww

Only found one in ten rolls 1946.