Bag Of "unsearched" Wheat Cents

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collector.detector Pillar of the Community United States 505 Posts	Posted 02/10/2016 6:51 pm There a bid already! Report this Post to the Staff
mahgobbi Pillar of the Community United States 549 Posts	Posted 02/10/2016 7:17 pm I'm the one who bid. It says it's fastened and unsearched, so I figured it probably has some key dates in it. Is it not a good deal? Should I do a bid retraction? Report this Post to the Staff
LocalCoinGuy Valued Member United States 398 Posts	Posted 02/11/2016 08:18 am If not searched, how does he know they are wheat cents I'm wondering? Oh, my error, says it right in the bag, will me! Report this Post to the Staff
nss-52 Moderator United States 54282 Posts	Posted 02/11/2016 08:32 am I am going to make up some bags of "UNSEARCHED SHIELD CENTS", fill them with random shield cents from circulation. In my will, I will leave them to my first great grandchild (not born yet) upon their 18th birthday with instructions to sell them on ebay. Wait, ebay won't be around then....and the bags may just hold zinc dust by then. Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here) See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here) Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4592 Posts	Posted 02/11/2016 09:39 am Folks... we've become so accustomed to searching for the single leaf in the forest that proves something is not as it seems, that we've missed the essential truth here - the entire listing is a Potemkin village. Every SINGLE ELEMENT here is illusion. There is no such thing as unsearched - even the act of putting the 'old' ones in a jar is selection a/k/a search There are no contemporary bags of unsearched wheat cents. Until the design change was announced, there was no reason to call them "wheat cents", they were just "cents". The oddity would have been the occasional Indian Head still in circulation. The design change announcement came very late in 1958, according to Q David Bowers' 2008 A Guide Book of Lincoln Cents, it wasn't publically known until December 21, 1958. The coins were released officially on February 12, 1959. The bag is clearly not as old as I am - it has much less wear and dust and dirt accumulated. The seal isn't (a seal). etc. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
accordselux Valued Member United States 154 Posts	Posted 02/11/2016 10:31 am Quote: Folks... we've become so accustomed to searching for the single leaf in the forest that proves something is not as it seems, that we've missed the essential truth here - the entire listing is a Potemkin village. Every SINGLE ELEMENT here is illusion. There is no such thing as unsearched - even the act of putting the 'old' ones in a jar is selection a/k/a search There are no contemporary bags of unsearched wheat cents. Until the design change was announced, there was no reason to call them "wheat cents", they were just "cents". The oddity would have been the occasional Indian Head still in circulation. The design change announcement came very late in 1958, according to Q David Bowers' 2008 A Guide Book of Lincoln Cents, it wasn't publically known until December 21, 1958. The coins were released officially on February 12, 1959. The bag is clearly not as old as I am - it has much less wear and dust and dirt accumulated. The seal isn't (a seal). etc. Whew, I was going to buy it! Report this Post to the Staff
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