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What to do w/ all these searched wheaties?

skydivdavskydivdav Posts: 190
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HI all. I"m new here, and new to coins, having been bitten eight weeks ago by a sudden interest in Numismatics. Now I'm sitting on a couple thousand or more wheaties that I've been through at least twice, what's a man to do with what remains? I can't do like I suspect many do and put them on eBay as "unsearched" wheats. Do I hoard them for the nephew to search one day? Any advice?
Modern bashing is sooooooo old.
-Bochiman



If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
-unknown

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  • poorguypoorguy Posts: 4,317 ✭
    Put together a grading set. image I'd certainly like to see it.
    Brandon Kelley - ANA - 972.746.9193 - http://www.bestofyesterdaycollectibles.com
  • GATGAT Posts: 3,146 ✭
    Only worth $20 so I would throw the bag in the closet and forget about them for 20 years. Really not worth selling, packing and taking to the Post Office.
    USAF vet 1951-59
  • Purple73Purple73 Posts: 2,016 ✭
    Turn on your PM's please

    Thanks

    Chris
    Founder of The Circle of Crust™
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  • skydivdavskydivdav Posts: 190
    What r PM's? sorry here!
    Modern bashing is sooooooo old.
    -Bochiman



    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    -unknown
  • skydivdavskydivdav Posts: 190
    I found the PM's.
    Must be cut off as part of default setting.
    thanks for the tip
    david
    Modern bashing is sooooooo old.
    -Bochiman



    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    -unknown
  • Purple73Purple73 Posts: 2,016 ✭
    Thank you very much.....Now to answer your PM's click the little lock to the upper left of the screen. It should say 1 new message. (it's right under the Collectors Universe Logo)


    Thanks
    Chris
    Founder of The Circle of Crust™
    imageimage
  • coynclectercoynclecter Posts: 2,111


    << <i>Only worth $20 so I would throw the bag in the closet and forget about them for 20 years >>



    I have 5000 that have been in my closet for 35 years.

    Those wheaties do have an interesting twist. Get a 10x mag and look for filled in letters and other strike abnormalities. Those pre 50 lincolns are full of them.
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    I got a bag of those too that fish gave me and since he gave them to me free it wouldn't be right for me to sell them on eBay, besides I'd probably get negged because the buyer didn't find a 09-s-vdb (I picked all the 09-s-vdb out) so when my kid finishes with them I'm going to give them away to other kids or spend them.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • skydivdavskydivdav Posts: 190
    Spending the wheaties sounds exciting! Think of the folks who'd appreciate finding one in their pocket!
    Modern bashing is sooooooo old.
    -Bochiman



    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    -unknown
  • Cam40Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭
    did you check for all the varieties there could be?
    RPMs,RPDs,BIE varieties,Doubled Dies,Clipped,other striking errors?
    the more you know about those things the more fun you,ll have
    going through them looking.
    good luck
  • LeeGLeeG Posts: 12,162 ✭
    image Welcome to the forum and Good Luck in your search. QX-3 is a nice scope for a good price. Use the "Search" function to find info on it. Lee
  • dorkkarldorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭
    they are excellent for donating to youth auctions, handing out at halloween, or giving out as x-mas gifts to nieces, nephews, etc.

    K S
  • joeyukjoeyuk Posts: 3,282
    I filled some Whitman folders about 1/2 to 3/4's and put them with
    goodie bags at my kids B-day party. I also provided a little info and
    I'm sure some were spent on gum, some just sit, but some will get
    completed.
  • skydivdavskydivdav Posts: 190
    is this the same qx-3 i see on ebay that is a microscope? and can be hooked to computer?
    is that the ultimate coin viewer?
    i currently keep a folding 10.x in my pocket at all times just for checking coins but it's field of view is only about ten or twenty percent of the coin at one time, so i have to move it around to view different parts of the coin. how is the qx3 field of view?
    thanks for your advice and time!
    david
    Modern bashing is sooooooo old.
    -Bochiman



    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    -unknown
  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    Yes the qx3 is a great mircoscope as far as a cheap scope goes that you can take pictures with. It has a movie feature too. My kids catches ants and puts them in the speciman jar and makes movies of them.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • windwhispersintreeswindwhispersintrees Posts: 605 ✭✭✭
    Give 'em to kids or spend 'em.
    "A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes"--Hugh Downs
  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    1. Put a collection together of the best condition for each date. Then,

    2. Get a good book on Lincoln varieties and look through some of them. Even if you're only interested in a few varieties, put those date/mints aside, grab the magnifier and have some fun.

    3. Some of them will never really be worth that much more than face value in our lifetime, such as XF 1957-D cents. Spend these. Give 'em to some possible budding YNs. Stoke their interest in coins at a very low "price." I've pretty much stopped saving the more common circulated 1950s wheat cents (particularly 1956-58).
  • skydivdavskydivdav Posts: 190
    Hey, windwhispers, do you sweep (metal detectors) for treasures? i'm very intrigued by the idea.
    i'm late for work, gotta go, but a reply when i get home this afternoon would be great!
    blue skies!
    david
    Modern bashing is sooooooo old.
    -Bochiman



    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    -unknown
  • Purple73Purple73 Posts: 2,016 ✭
    skidivdav,

    we have a metal detecting forum on here.

    Check it out.

    The Forum


    Chris
    Founder of The Circle of Crust™
    imageimage
  • DominusDeusDominusDeus Posts: 993 ✭
    I could use certain 1930's and pre-30's wheaties...
  • SilverDollarManSilverDollarMan Posts: 343


    << <i>I filled some Whitman folders about 1/2 to 3/4's and put them with
    goodie bags at my kids B-day party. I also provided a little info and
    I'm sure some were spent on gum, some just sit, but some will get
    completed. >>



    Good !dea, Always LimageimageKing 4 new ways 2 get people into numismatics.
    Just Learning!
    Thank You
    SilverDollar
  • GeomanGeoman Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭
    Donate them to a local coin club.

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