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frabuc7367
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United States
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I found a flying eagle coin in a roll of wheat pennies, but this one has a hole in it, like it was put around a necklace or something. Is there any value to this? Or more just a novelty at this point? Thanks
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
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What you have there is a 1857 Flying Eagle cent. The first year they made small sized cents for circulation in the United States.
Due to it being holed and banged up, you'd probably only get around $10 or less if you sold it online. Still, I'd consider it a fantastic thing to find in a roll of wheat cents!
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United States
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Great find in a roll. It's a damaged coin thus it's value is greatly reduced.
I agree $5-10 value or somewhere near there.
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United States
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Excellent find none the less!
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
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 With it already having a hole in it it would make a great charm for a charm bracelet so if you are going to sell it that would be a great way to market the coin for the most money. An amazing find in a roll of wheat backs. Ed ANA LM-3175
They told (us) to open up the Embassy, or "we'll blow you away." And then they looked up and saw the Marines on the roof with these really big guns, and they said in Somali, "Igaralli ahow," which means "Excuse me, I didn't mean it, my mistake".
Karen Aquilar, in the U.S. Embassy; Mogadishu, Somalia, 1991
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New Member
United States
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Thank you everyone! I was very very surprised to see it but disappointed about the hole. But I'm new to wheat searching. I'll take what I can get at this point. Thanks again :)
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
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IF not planning on seling it, you may want to find a necklace for it and give to a girl, lady, your wife, for a present.
just carl
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Nice find. Just goes to show what roll searching can do.
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
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Awesome find!  |
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United States
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Awesome find! And because of the toning in the hole, it looks like it was made a very long time ago.
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
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where did you get the roll of wheats?
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Pillar Of The Community
United States
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holed--thats a shame
"The internet? Is that thing still around?" Homer Simpson.
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New Member
United States
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It was a 2 pound lot of pennies (6 rolls) that I purchased from eBay. The coin doesn't seem to be too too bad of shape considering the age. darn the hole! lol still a surprise to me
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Posted 07/28/2012 4:51 pm
