3000 Lincoln Cents

SilverEagles92

Went to the bank today and got 3000 Lincoln cents. Looks though them all... And the tallies:

13 wheat cents, oldest 1926
2 canadian cents
500+ pre-1982 copper cents
1 mint error, a strike through:



Struck through grease, looks like. Overall, I had fun at least. No notable varieties or top dollar coins.

Leiana

You went through 3000 cents in ONE DAY?

-Amanda

RichieURich

SilverEagles92, that's by far the earliest Lincoln cent I've ever seen!
Anyone got one earlier than 199?

SilverEagles92

<< <i>You went through 3000 cents in ONE DAY?

-Amanda >>



Took about 7 hours... Yeah, I did it.

SilverEagles92

<< <i>SilverEagles92, that's by far the earliest Lincoln cent I've ever seen!
Anyone got one earlier than 199? >>



I was thinking the same! When I first looked at it, I was like "WOAH!" but then I realized what I had. Cool error.

hyf88

That's sure alot of cents to look through in one day, bet your eyes need a rest! Always nice to hear the results of a bank roll search.

I get $20 worth of cents from the local bank to look through every other week and have had similar results to yours with the pre-82 amount. I guess the couches and piggybanks of America are holding quite a stash of copper.

SilverEagles92

My eyes, and my fingers! I had to scrub them hard to get all the gunk off... They're still kind of raw. It was by far the most fun I've ever had with $20!

SNMAN

At least the 1914D is still out there.......... or is it??????????




SNMAN

AlteredTone

<< <i>My eyes, and my fingers! I had to scrub them hard to get all the gunk off... They're still kind of raw. It was by far the most fun I've ever had with $20! >>



your bank gave you 3000 pennies for $20? heckuva deal, go get more!

gene2393

i've gone through nearlly 300-400 rolls in one day . found many wheat cents. (oldest being 1919)

Gene2393

GoldenEyeNumismatics

<< <i>SilverEagles92, that's by far the earliest Lincoln cent I've ever seen!
Anyone got one earlier than 199? >>

I've got a 197

SilverEagles92

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<< <i>My eyes, and my fingers! I had to scrub them hard to get all the gunk off... They're still kind of raw. It was by far the most fun I've ever had with $20! >>



your bank gave you 3000 pennies for $20? heckuva deal, go get more! >>


For the sake of time, I neglected to mention the long story...

We went to the first bank with $20 to get the cents. Surprisingly, the teller there happened to have 40 rolls right in her drawer. After I picked the good stuff out of those, we went to a CoinStar and cashed the leftovers in. Got back $14. Then we went to 3 more banks. The first one had NO CENTS! The second one had 16 rolls ($8 worth). I still had $6 to use, so we went next door to a Fidelity Bank and got another 12 rolls there. Probably head back to CoinStar tomorrow and start all over again!

woodwalker

Did you check for the wide A M's? I like to go through rolls to and have found a few.

LincolnCentMan

I got one made in 193. I'll see if I can find it. If I can, I'll post a pic.

David

Pentimento

Thanks for the report! I will pick some up tomorrow, they will have to open the vault for my half dollar stash, so this will be no extra trouble.

Mercfan

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<< <i>SilverEagles92, that's by far the earliest Lincoln cent I've ever seen!
Anyone got one earlier than 199? >>

I've got a 197 >>



I've got a couple dated 195

SilverEagles92

<< <i>Did you check for the wide A M's? I like to go through rolls to and have found a few. >>


I thought I did, but then I noticed that I might have left out a few dates that I should have checked for. Which years have the abnormally wide AM's? 1999, 2000...?

LincolnCentMan

Anyone got one earlier than 199?

I got one made in 193. I'll see if I can find it. If I can, I'll post a pic.

I found it:


David

atom48coin

Very cool. I did a search on 10 rolls several weeks ago and found a 1934 wheatie.

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