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Valued Member
United States
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I finally got ahold of something extraordinarily awesome.
A guy contacted me a few weeks ago knowing I was into coins wanting to sell off everything he was given to by his father. Ended up buying everything he had (Mostly silver), however he had a tacklebox full of rolls of wheat pennies. He ended up throwing in the pennies due to all the silver I bought.
So, I threw the box of pennies in the closest for the past few weeks so I could sort & turn over the silver I didn't want. Now that that's gone, I'm starting to deal with the wheats.
Ends up, the rolls are truly unsorted shotgun rolls. Just opening up 4 rolls I've seen everything from 1910 to BU-red early 1940s wheat pennies. Also there are two or three rolls that are completely uncirculated red wheats! So now, I'm not really sure how to sort through them.
I'd like to keep all of the nicer grade ones then just sell off the brown 1940-1958 to help recoup costs. However I'm not sure how I should be handling red wheat pennies, I really don't want to contaminate them and end up with a bunch of brown ones. So, should I get gloves, use plastic tweezers or what?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'd say gloves to be safe. Try not to breathe on them either.. the water droplets could oxidize and leave spots.
Other than that, if you want to put the BU coins in 2x2s so they're safe it's up to you; rolls would be fine too.
Also be sure there is a cloth under where you are working so in case you drop any they won't get dinged up.
Congrats on the find!
Edited by coinsearcher83
12/17/2012 11:51 am
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Valued Member
United States
329 Posts |
agreed. I wear gloves and a drywall mask to prevent myself from breathing on nice coins. Nice grab!  I love me some old shiny copper!! |
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Valued Member
United States
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It sounds like you've got hours of fun ahead of you. Good for you. I love it when the good guys win. It sounds like both of you (seller and buyer) got a win. That's always my favorite kind of deal.
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United States
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United States
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Actually, I have been wondering a similar thing. In the same bulk package of wheat pennies I got with the error cent, I aquired, what I believe must be a MS 1958D wheatie, but I'm afraid that any container I put it in will make it brown (It is almost original red). Will Dansco books ruin them, or typical plastic holders, like the paper ones with the plastic in the middle? I love the shiny beauties I got, but I am afriad I'm just going to accidently destroy them! :(
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Valued Member
 United States
397 Posts |
From what I understand, once you get them in a flip they should be fine for the most part (I have some red pennies that have been in flips for 20+ years that are still in great shape.)
I'll post pics once I get some good ones in flips, right now I'm trying to prepare to sort through, find a good pair of gloves, a mask and such. I need more staples for my stapler, I've gone through thousands of em and need more!
The 1944 BU cent is absolutely gorgeous!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What a great find! All those red wheat pennies are so beautiful. I would not be able to part with them. How many rolls did you get total?
I just bought 48 rolls of wheat pennies at an auction on Saturday for 4 cents each. I have checked 10 rolls so far and I am getting some nice coins but nothing like yours.
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Valued Member
United States
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red wheats are magnificent, enjoy them!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I suggest getting many more of the 2x2 flips and putting as many as possible in those. And Album is OK too but you can't beat a 2x2 flip for long term preservation. If you do put them in Albums, place the Albums in a Zip Lock Plastic bag.
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Valued Member
United States
397 Posts |
60 rolls total. At least 3 are solid red excluding the interspersed ones.
I have around 2000 penny flips.
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Valued Member
United States
397 Posts |
Sorted through about a dozen rolls or so.
Ended up with about a roll worth of red or brown-red cents. Some are VERY nice as comparing them to PCGS's photograde as far as condition goes. However my concern is that there seems to be some verdigris on several of them, so I'm curious if something like verdi-care will be the best bet to prevent further problems. I'm concerned that it might effect future value as considering them 'cleaned'.
The breakdown of the coins was about 40% 50+ , 30% 40-49 , 25% 39 or lower , 5% reds. The oldest red cent (That is almost rainbow colored) was a 1940.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Verdi-Care is an acceptable form of coin preservation! It is not cleaning.
It doesn't affect the market value.
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Valued Member
United States
397 Posts |
Thanks!
Does verdicare brighten up the dark spots at all , or does it just preserve the coin in the current state?
I'll take photos later, some of the pennies look amazing, some of them have sort of odd spots on them that I can't identify what is going on with them. My wife is coming back today with latex gloves so I can really sort through these. I will be putting them in a plastic bag in the mean time for storage.
When I get verdicare, can I just dip the coins in , or do I have to wipe them with a microfiber cloth?
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Posted 12/17/2012 12:29 pm
