Searching Through 1 Million Pennies. What Do You Guys Think I Will Find?

Looking good!

Still looking good! Keep it up.

nice!

LOL. Jbuck, is that all you say? But, you are right...

Does anyone know if the comparison Scott is seeing between East & West Coast (a lot more wheaties in the East) is true for other denominations as well?

We are snowbirds, and I am hoping over the next year to be able to set aside enough money to go through a sizable amount of pennies in the Midwest. As some have mentioned in this thread, it is a good thing to look for error coins in the process. However, for me, it becomes too much like work to examine nearly every coin for every error. To wit, I have created a spreadsheet with all of the errors I am interested in looking for, having picked them from the Copper Coins database (they must have a Fine value of $5 or more for non-proofs to make the cut).....I am speaking here of 1959 & later. I keep all wheaties....period....and will create spreadsheet entries for those error coins at another time. The point is....I will not have enough time to go through the numbers that would force me to turn in the rejects to a Midwestern bank. I would take them all back to the West Coast and cash them in at my bank out there...thus avoiding the possibility of finding them in new rolls.

While out there, if it proves to be worth it, I will try building up my collection of nickels through dollars. I will also build spreadsheets to include error coins in those denominations that make the cut. I will try to find a branch not too close for returning those coins, because the amount tied up in those coins would be prohibitive for trying to hold onto them all to haul them back to the Midwest to cash them in.

Gotta love the Indian Head cents. Nice!

Well, another $82 in pennies cranked out and I have added 48 wheat cents to the totals. Defenitely happy with that number, and I will keep pushing! Thanks for all the support. Totals are included below as always.


So far: 201,950 pennies searched through
To go: 798,150

Finds
United States coinage
Total Wheat Cents: 872 (48)
50's pennies: 467 (25)
40's pennies: 316 (17)
30's pennies: 52 (4)
20's pennies: 23 (1)
10's pennies: 12
09 pennies: 2

Indian Head cents: 4 (1896, 1897, 1901, 1905)

Proof Cents: 2 (1979-S, 1990-S)
Philadelphia mint proof token: 1 (no date on it even though it's uncirculated)

Foreign Coins
Canadian 1 cent: 626 (51) total
Post 1965: 554 (46)
Young Head (1953-1964): 58 (5)
King George VI type II (1948-1952): 5
Kinge George VI type I (1937-1947): 10 (oldest: 1939)

2 Euro: 2
Bermuda 1 cent: 2 (1)
½ New Penny: 1
1 New Penny: 1
Un Centismo de Balboa: 6
Commonwealth of the Bahamas-one cent: 3
10 francs: 1
10 centavos: 1
1 Chinese Jiao: 1

Unknown
Game token: 1

Dimes
Roosevelt: 26

ericalynn13, I'm always happy to answer questions! Something I would do different would be order pennies in advance or call banks rather than going to banks and just hoping that they would have boxes of pennies. this would have saved me lots of time driving and lots of gas! To answer your other question, I find enjoyment from this through any and all finds. Even if it is just a handful of Canadian cents and a few wheats, watching the collection grow has been something that has kept me going.