Roll guys; what's the latest on cents?
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I've always been fascinated with how quickly so many millions up millions of wheat cents were pulled from circulation in what seemed like a very small amount of time-- they were a "lucky find" when I was 10 in the early 80s.
Now we've got not only a new design but an entirely new metal. It's no secret that copper cents are worth more than a penny; every major news outlet has covered this. I'm curious, in any given roll, what are you roll guys finding?
Now we've got not only a new design but an entirely new metal. It's no secret that copper cents are worth more than a penny; every major news outlet has covered this. I'm curious, in any given roll, what are you roll guys finding?
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past month has been great for findings... if i recall, I pulled 160 wheats out of 2 boxes a few weeks ago and last week's I pulled about 90... that's on top of the occasional steel cent as well... i've found two indian heads (1902, 1909)... the 1909 would probably grade a solid XF... it was nice enough that it actually replaced the coin I had in my circulated 7070 album! Pretty cool to fill a 100+ year old spot w/ a circulation find... i've found a few errors and one or minor clipped planchets... lots of BU coins from the 1960s and 70s incl some S mint stuff... when i first started I was looking for cherry pickers guide varieties and found a couple minor ones (one of the minor 1972 DDOs) but i've since just been focused on dates and mint marks... i do still glance over some coins for the easy varieties but don't break out a loupe unless something catches my eye
all in all, it's WAY more fun that I thought it would be. I've successfully filled a good chunk of my Lincoln Dansco (1909-2000 something) strictly from circulation... that's the goal at least... a few teens wheats (w/ some mintmarks even), handful of 20s, some 30s, 40s and 50s are nearly complete except for "S" mint coins...
there's something therapeutic and extremely relaxing on a Friday to rip through a few thousand pennies while just unwinding in my office... plus, i don't feel bad dumping a ton of pennies into a bank's counter machine (always felt awkward dumping $500-1000 in halves at a time)
I think i'll keep on the pennies for a bit then maybe switch it over to nickels or dimes... nickels would probably be easier to get most of a set complete and maybe find the occasional Buff but dimes have the possibility of silver to make it more interesting...
-matt
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<< <i>So I'm curious, are the people sorting the rolls keeping the copper cents?
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I did that about 5 years ago and got about 2 gallons of copper cents, if that's any measure. Haven't done it since then.
<< <i>So I'm curious, are the people sorting the rolls keeping the copper cents?
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I've sorted thousands upon thousands of pennies solely looking for cooper. One day when I know more about Lincolns I'll go through all of them and see what I have
<< <i>What you DON'T have are any of the wide AM pieces... >>
Yea, I had my little phase where I sorted through about 7 or 8 bank boxes of cents sorting out copper vs zinc. Once I got to the 5th box I realized I didn't even think about the wide AMs...I was so mad at myself but there was no way I was looking through all of them again.
As for my experiences searching rolls I'd come across about 20 common wheats per box, along with the usual Canadian cents and 1 or 2 unusual foreign pieces that kept things interesting. I remember my last few boxes didn't yield as much copper as I hoped but it has been about 8 months since I've done any searching.