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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I did 94 boxes of cents in 2016. My results are: IHC: 3 (1895, 1903, 1906) Type 2 blank planchets: 2 (1 copper, 1 zinc) Steel cents: 2 (both P) Proofs: 5 Wheat cents: 1274 Total Canadian cents: 772 George V: 2 (1920, 1932) George VI: 27 WAM: 2 (1998-P, 2000-P) Notable: one 1972P-1DO-002 Not counting one outlier box that contained 258 wheat cents, the average was 10.8 wheat cents per box. Fun year!
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Egads. I hope you don't get copper or zinc oxide poisoning.
That is a BUNCH of cents.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1695 Posts |
Quote: Egads. I hope you don't get copper or zinc oxide poisoning. That is a BUNCH of cents. I wear rubber gardening gloves! At first re-rolling the coins with gloves was a challenge, but now I am used to it.
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Valued Member
United States
177 Posts |
How many key dates did you find? And what were the best ones
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Moderator
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Quote: one outlier box that contained 258 wheat cents All worth it for that one box, eh?
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Indeed, tell us about anything you found that is worth saving beyond common LWC stuff.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4809 Posts |
Lots of fun finds A123! Good luck in 2017!
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Pillar of the Community
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1695 Posts |
Quote:How many key dates did you find? And what were the best ones Indeed, tell us about anything you found that is worth saving beyond common LWC stuff. Good questions. Unfortunately, I think the best answer is that I found no key dates. The two earliest coins were 1909 and 1910. The only mintmarked coins prior to 1930 that I found were 1919-D, 1919-S, 1926-D, 1929-D, and 1929-S. Below are my 2016 CRH cent folders (in descending order). In the last few months I have found it very difficult to make progress on it. I find plenty of examples of late teen Philadelphia coins, but the mintmarked coins elude me. Hopefully I can fill more holes this year!   
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Valued Member
United States
110 Posts |
Outstanding! Did you keep copper LMC or just toss them back? And if you kept them, what was the percentage?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1695 Posts |
Quote:Did you keep copper LMC or just toss them back? I didn't keep the them. I live in a small house, and they would take up too much of our space!
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Moderator
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Very nice!  Good luck to you in 2017. 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2910 Posts |
Nice summary... I still need to do mine... Been too danged busy hunting this year so far!
CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thanks for sharing this. I wondered what could be found nowadays by someone dedicated. Let's hope 2017 holds some keys for you.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice lot! But I must ask, is this all of the wheats you found? I don't know if I'm lucky, but I average between 1 wheat per two rolls, and 2 wheats per roll!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This persistent effort to overcome staggering odds always amazes me. 
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