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Interesting Old Box Of Pennies

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I picked up this old box. Doesn't look like wheats but mostly all look to be BU rolls from the 60s ,70s, and a few from the 80s! I like copper so I'm happy. Ever seen a box like this? Any idea what year it's from?
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Fantastic!

I would take BU 95% copper memorials over worn out Wheaties every time.
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Let us know what you pull. Guessing the box itself (re-used?) is from the mid '50s through very early '60s. Not seeing a zip code on the manufacturer's address line.
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Not seeing a zip code on the manufacturer's address line.
Ah. Zip codes started in 1963.
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Nice score! If you collect varieties and errors, I would search them.
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Nice acquisition, LibertyEagle20! Very interesting box.



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Ah. Zip codes started in 1963.
I did not realize that....


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If you collect varieties and errors, I would search them.
I agree, there are many really good varieties during those years.

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Here's a few more pics. I saw a roll of 63,65 and some 84s. Are any of these considered obw? If so I kinda hate to open them. I do have some nicer twist top hard coin rolls I could use if I open the rolls. What do you guys think? I've accumulated a fair amount of stuff to search but just haven't had the time to go through it. Good problem to have though! I'll get around to these eventually.
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Nope, never saw a box like that. As noted, it likely predates most of the coins it contains.
A tangential short story: Almost 50 years ago I bought $100 in Cents at a bank, two $50 bank bags containing rolled coins. Climbing onto the city bus with those bags got me some odd stares, LOl. I was in my twenties at the time, there's no way I would be physically capable to totting close to 70 pounds of cents onto a bus, today. It was a struggle even in my prime.
I searched through every cent and kept the least circulated, which to this day make up part of my hoard of Cu Cents, which is sorted and rolled by year and mint.
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What a great find!
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That is sweet! I personally would go through them, searching for high end coins and varieties and errors but will let others give there opinions. I don't know how familiar you are with cents but here are a few links to peruse and don't hesitate to ask questions.

Lincoln Cent Forum http://www.lincolncentforum.com/forum/forum.php?
VV http://www.varietyvista.com/
cc https://coppercoins.com/
Wexler https://doubleddie.com/
Brian's Variety Coins https://www2.briansvarietycoins.com/
Error-Ref https://www.error-ref.com/
Cuds on Coins http://cuds-on-coins.com/
Mad Die Clashes https://www.maddieclashes.com/
Trail Dies https://www.traildies.com/
Lincoln Cent Resource http://www.lincolncentresource.com/
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