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tennlee
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 Posted 11/03/2009 7:30 pm
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My five year old and I searched a box of cents from the bank yesterday. He has his own whitman albums, and after many boxes he rarely finds a cent that fills a hole anymore. We each open half the rolls and compare finds. The "rules" are that if one of us finds a cent the other needs (and their book already has it), they have to give it up- other he can keep anything he wants. Well, on the first roll he opens, he finds five wheats. We've opened dozens of boxes, so we expect maybe 6-12 wheats a box here in Tennessee. He's doing the happy dance when the second roll he opens has four more wheats, one of which fills a hole (21-s). I commented that I guess someone had turned in a jar of older cents. As we proceed along, every roll has a least one wheat, someone of this semi rare. When he found a 1910-S, probably in fine, my emotions change a bit. I started imagining that someone has either 1. emptied a collection they inherited into a Coinstar, or 2. someone stole a collection and poured it down a Coinstar. We eventually found 99 wheats in the box, with at least 15 of them worth more than a dollar in good condition per the '10 redbook- none of them the same date/mintmark. Its a shame something bad happened to a collection someone worked on in the past.
PS- I did check to see if the bank had anymore boxes (nope)- so I'm no saint! No '09S.
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coinyoungsta
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ErrorCoins222
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Posted 11/03/2009 8:49 pm
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Atleast they went to another collector(s). They could have ended up on the road or at the bottom of a cup holder. Nice finds!
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Ferret552
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spaceace
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Posted 11/03/2009 9:11 pm
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Yeah no need to feel bad. At least somebody is enjoying them.
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ratman4762
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Posted 11/03/2009 9:17 pm
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I concur! No need to feel bad, sounds like they've found a good home!
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mad258
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Posted 11/04/2009 3:02 pm
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 and CONGRATS on your find.
I also live in the great state of TN!
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Moe145
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Posted 11/04/2009 5:58 pm
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THAT'S the way young guys get into this hobby!
Nice job Dad! 
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tennlee
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penny pincher
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 Posted 11/12/2009 7:16 pm
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I have done something similar with my kids, but since I have most of mine, it is mainly to fill their books. When we go through them I get more excited to see their faces when something new is added to their books. My two oldest are at a phase that they want the coins but do not want to do the work, so dad still gets to do the fun part. At least my youngest thinks this is one of the funnest things on earth and I am amazed that how fast he picked up counting from it. He started school this year and can pick up any coin and tell you the year and mint (shed a small tear). I actually need to start him on his wheat's and plan on doing that over the next few weeks with him and seeing if I can get him caught up to me in the next year or so.
It just makes feel a little bit jealous because I did not have anyone in my life collecting when I was younger to help me out. I would love to know what I would have as a collection if I could add another 30 years to it. So my advice is to make sure to give him those semi key dates while he is younger because who will know their value when he grows up.
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BadThad
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Posted 11/12/2009 10:27 pm
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Cool story! Amazing he found a 10-S! I have yet to find a key or semi-key Lincoln.
Don't feel too bad, there's nothing you can do about finding those coins. I agree, it's possibly a sad story, but not for you. All those Wheats could have been lost to attrition, never to be enjoyed by a collector again. It's good that such a young man finds them!
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daviscfad
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Those coins could have found a worse home.
