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Tonight's Roll Searching: Wheats, And Lots Of Them!

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Today, I went to the bank and picked up $40 in pennies. When I got home, I got started on them. Wasn't finding much for my collection and the bank rolls were a pain. Then I noticed that some CWR's were marked "US," which interested me. So I opened one up...

...and was amazed to see that I had just dumped a roll of SOLID WHEATS onto the table! There were 2 rolls of just wheats and 2 more that were a mix of wheats and BU 1997 Lincolns.
The bad side of this (yes, there is one) is that a collection must have been cashed in. I live in Canada, and it's highly unlikely that a non-collector would have rolls of wheats and BU coins lying around. I wonder if there was silver. Hopefully not, if there was I missed it.

No pictures yet, but here's a list of what was found:

WHEATS:
1917 - 1
1918 - 2
1919 - 3
1923 - 1
1930 - 3
1934 - 1
1935 - 1
1938 - 1
1939 - 1
1940 - 4
1941 - 4
1941 D - 2
1942 - 2
1942 D - 1
1944 - 18
1944 D - 1
1945 - 8
1946 - 5
1946 D - 3
1947 - 1
1947 D - 1
1948 - 3
1950 - 1
1950 D - 4
1951 - 1
1951 D - 2
1952 - 3
1952 D - 7
1953 D - 6
1954 D - 2
1955 - 2
1955 D - 1
1956 - 7
1956 D - 3
1957 - 4
1957 D - 3
1958 D - 4

CANADA - GEORGE VI - 1938, 1941 x2, 1945 x2, 1947 ML, 1952 x2.
CANADA - ELIZABETH II - 1953, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1967 x2, 1968, 1969, 1973 x2, toned 1981.
CANADA - OTHER - Strangely damaged 1979, 1980 and 1985.
USA MEMORIAL - 1960 D, 1961 D x2, 1962 D, 1968 D, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980 D, 2009 Log Cabin, 2010 Shield, 2010 D Shield.
FOREIGN - 1991 Denmark 2 Pfening, 1999 Russia 10 Kopeks, 2002 Portugal 1 Euro Cent, 2002 Portugal 2 Euro Cents.

This was a great batch of rolls. I sell copper cents at melt value, so I'm getting my money back and more on that alone. Add all the wheat cents and the priceless addtitions to my collection and you'll see why I roll search!


-Oddcoins


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 Posted 01/27/2012  10:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coincollect1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
you did good... I'm in southern Ontario and I'm lucky to find 5-10 wheats in a box
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 Posted 01/28/2012  12:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add snek to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice finds OddCoins.... I'm in Southwestern Ontario as well and usually find as may pre 59 wheats or more as I so pre 59 Canadians in a box!
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snek. What city are you in? if you dont mind me asking.
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Congrats. Check those '97's for the DDO (ear).
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WOW! Nice score!
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I was AMAZED to have this happen. I can see it happening in the USA but much less in Canada...
although I'm near Niagara Falls, so the border is nearby. There was one $2.50 bundle of rolls that were
all USA, the rest were mostly Canadian.
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That's pretty cool. Maybe someone just put them out there to spark interest in coin collecting. I do it every so often. I took ten dollars worth of wheats rolled up to the bank about 4 months ago. Hopefully it will spark interest with someone. I'm getting ready to do it again sometime this month next time I go to the bank.
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