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Cent Box Search - 10000 Searched - 24 November
WHEATS
1916 x 1
1919-S x 1
1929 x 1
1935 x 1
1935-S x 1
1937 x 3
1938 x 1
1939 x 2
1940 x 7
1941 x 3
1941-D x 1
1942 x 5
1942-D x 3
1944 x 4
1944-D x 3
1945 x 3
1945-D x 2
1945-S x 1
1946 x 7
1947 x 1
1948 x 2
1950-D x 2
1951 x 1
1951-D x 4
1952-D x 2
1953 x 2
1953-D x 2
1954-D x 1
1955-D x 2
1956 x 1
1956-D x 8
1957-D x 5
1958 x 2
1958-D x 3

Total: 88

SAN FRANCISCO MINTS
1969 x 3
1970 x 6
1971 x 1
1972 x 3
1973 x 2
1974 x 4

Total: 19

Errors
One Zincoln Blank that circulated - only second blank I have found in the last 3 years.
1974 clip
1975 clip
1981 10 off of centre

Miscellaneous Coins
1960 sm date in BU
1988-D Counterstamped with a map of North Carolina

Five Roosevelt Dimes 1965-1991

CANADA
George VI
1937
1939
1942
1943
1947ML
1950
1951

Queen Elizabeth
1953 x 3
1957 x 1
1958 x 1
1959 x 1
1960 x 2
1961 x 5
1962 x 4
1963 x 4
1964 x 16

Total: 37


Canada Centennial Cents
1967 x 10


ITALY
2 Eurocents
2004-R
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  • RedneckHBRedneckHB Posts: 19,574 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting results. Thanks for sharing.
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  • TheRegulatorTheRegulator Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭
    Nice report- it is always good to see what others are finding.

    A couple things that stand out... the '30s Canada cents are very cool. I think the oldest I have found are from 1942. Others on these boards seem to have luck plucking Canada cents from the '20s and '30s. The 1960 Small Date is also pretty surprising. I have never found one of those. I also have never found a 1919-S.

    Nice job! image
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  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,923 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hopefully in your glee to find the wheats worth three cents each you did not miss any of the RARE wide AMs! image

    Whenever I search cents I worry that the big tunas escape my attention while the 1958 wheaties get fawned over image
  • ClosedLoopClosedLoop Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭
    how are your eyes? wow that's alot of searching. cool finds.
    figglehorn
  • ArizonaJackArizonaJack Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭
    Thats alot of work for a roll and a half of wheats bud........
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  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    BOY, I'll bet your hands stink!image
  • Bigrig52Bigrig52 Posts: 677
    There should be alot more hitting the streets by now or soon..I took all the rolls i had (about 300 rolls) different dates from the 40's up to now and they were all uncirculated and i opened them up and put them in a bank bag for the teller to run them through the machine for deposit..I did try to sell them to dealers but most of them are crooks and don't want to pay sh*t for them so i figured i would just take them and let the public have fun with them..Who knows maybe a child may find one and get started in collecting coins.I am just tired of being ripped off by dealers so it's goodbye to the coin kick.
  • ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,632 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You have far more patience than I do. I went through a friend's five hundred small cents & will never do that again. I did find a 1908 S IHC which after bathing a month in virgin olive oil, I think is a high end VF. For some reason, an 1865 3 Cent Nickel in Fine was included in the mix.
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  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Actually the point of searching is less about the wheats, errors etc and more about mining the rolls for pre-1982 bronze. In this large batch about 35% of the cents were bronze.

    My eyes do hurt and I am not as good at picking up mintmarks, so then the cents go to my daughters to search - and they get paid for the finds. So there maybe a few more S-mints and maybe a couple of wheats in the search.

    I like to report the finds to demonstrate that there still is interesting stuff out there, BTW I got a 1925 Canada cent earlier in the month - only 1M minted and a nice VF and looks pretty in my Whitman folder.
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  • MasterGunsMasterGuns Posts: 408 ✭✭
    Cool finds, thanks for sharing. I've seriously been considering going to my bank and getting one of the bags of cents they pull from their coin counting machine in the lobby.

    Happy Thanksgiving
    Ray
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    Ray

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  • kimber45ACPkimber45ACP Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭


    << <i>they get paid for the finds. >>


    Do they get paid with zinc?

    How long did it take?
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,477 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cherrypicker's delight.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting... I have that and more that has been accumulated over many, many years. One cold, dark, dreary winter day I will begin the project....many, many, many unsearched containers/rolls. Cheers, RickO
  • 1tommy1tommy Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Interesting... I have that and more that has been accumulated over many, many years. One cold, dark, dreary winter day I will begin the project....many, many, many unsearched containers/rolls. Cheers, RickO >>

    this is the reason i look forward to winter, many days of roll searching. nice report...........................
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  • aj2525raj2525r Posts: 120 ✭✭
    Hello,

    I wonder if the percentages hold up with the six rolls I looked through yesterday:

    63 pre-1982 copper cents [21% a bit lower than your 35%]

    1 1947-D wheatback [0.333% compared to your 0.888%]

    1 1976 Canadian [0.33% compared to your 0.54% AND you got much better dates]

    Plus I didn't get any S-mint Memorials.

    I do check for the DD's I know of off the top of my head, 1969, 1972, 1983, 1984 and 1995.

    I don't check for Wide AM's. What dates are they?

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    I'm thankful I have a hobby I enjoy and can always learn something new at.
    I still call my accumulation my collection!
  • MasterGunsMasterGuns Posts: 408 ✭✭


    << <i>Hello,

    I wonder if the percentages hold up with the six rolls I looked through yesterday:

    63 pre-1982 copper cents [21% a bit lower than your 35%]

    1 1947-D wheatback [0.333% compared to your 0.888%]

    1 1976 Canadian [0.33% compared to your 0.54% AND you got much better dates]

    Plus I didn't get any S-mint Memorials.

    I do check for the DD's I know of off the top of my head, 1969, 1972, 1983, 1984 and 1995.

    I don't check for Wide AM's. What dates are they?

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    I'm thankful I have a hobby I enjoy and can always learn something new at. >>




    I believe the wide AMs are 1999-2001
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  • metalmeistermetalmeister Posts: 4,592 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good ratio of copper/Zincons. My last check on about $20 worth was about 20% copper.
    Seems like an easy way to mine copperimage
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