Just Bought A Box Of Pennies. What Am I Looking For?

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Casutherland Pillar of the Community United States 520 Posts	Posted 11/26/2011 1:35 pm Just went down to the bank and bought a box of pennies from brinks. What all am I looking for in the pennies other than pre 1983 copper? What specific dates, errors etc do I need to keep an eye out for. This is only my second box of pennies and I just don't know what to try and find and or keep? Report this Post to the Staff

SpringCypress Pillar of the Community United States 666 Posts	Posted 11/26/2011 2:10 pm With pennies its kind of a question of how many things do you want to look for. I find thhe Lincoln Cent Resource to be invaluable. Report this Post to the Staff
Jayman931 Pillar of the Community United States 2651 Posts	Posted 11/26/2011 3:07 pm Are you wanting to collect errors? Or are you filling an album? I do both so I look for High Grade Zincolns and I have a accumulative list I made on an excel sheet of all known errors/varieties. Report this Post to the Staff
ilikeikes Pillar of the Community United States 1205 Posts	Posted 11/26/2011 3:32 pm When I'm cent-hunting I keep 1 window open with Coppercoins http://coppercoins.com/ when I see something that perks my interest, I type in the year and mintmark, and, either doubled die obverse/reverse, or RPM issue...excellent reference with all the markers for each coin....and, rough values... As stated above, so is the Lincoln Cent Resource, has the top 50 top 100 lists.... Have fun, and good luck hunting! Calvin Report this Post to the Staff
murrellington Pillar of the Community United States 3276 Posts	Posted 11/26/2011 3:35 pm Some people search for a ton of different things, because there are many things to search for. However I only look for copper, wheats, S mint cents, 1998 1999 2000 Wide AM Cents, and the 1992 d Close AM cent. Report this Post to the Staff
ram96 Valued Member United States 417 Posts	Posted 11/26/2011 5:28 pm I look for family birthdays, coins to fill folder holes, key dates and error's. We also sort wheat, copper and modern Lincoln's. Report this Post to the Staff
Casutherland Pillar of the Community United States 520 Posts	Posted 11/26/2011 8:37 pm Thanks for all the help so far guys, so far in my box I have found roughly 6 wheats earliest being a 1930 in pretty sorry shape. I did have one 1945 s in probably VF/XF BN. I found quite a few BU possibly Proof 1960s cents. I have saved over 300-500 copper cents so far which I think is pretty awesome. What is melt on copper at the moment? If I were to sell those right now, what kind of profit would I bring in? Also, is there any true profit at all in searching boxes of lincolns and nickels? Report this Post to the Staff
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