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He shoots.....He scores. I just landed a big box full of assorted Wheatbacks organized in little manila envelopes. There are well over 5000 LWC. My guess is about 35 pounds. Unfortunately, what I've seen so far is mostly fine grade or less. Mostly less. With my luck, there will be nothing over XF. I have pulled out the seven 1909VDB's and put them into flips. These are between VG to low F. I found one penny altered to look like a 1914D. I'm certain they'll be no key dates but I'm hoping for some errors. So many coins, so little time.  |
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based on numbers, 5000 wheat cents should be around 34.5 pounds or 30 pounds should be 4350 wheat cents. Either way you should have lots of fun searching or just looking.  Off topic: you will be amazed at how dirty your hands are after handling 5000 wheat cents.  |
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Should also provide your cat with many hours of happy activity...
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How could you tell the 1914d had been altered?
Bob
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NJ Bob, Good question. When I first looked at the coin I thought it was altered. Now I think it's PMD. I posted in another thread. Here is a picture and a link to the other thread. Thanks for getting me thinking. https://goccf.com/t/135185THIS COIN IS FAKE/ALTERED DATE.  Edited by mds308
12/02/2012 07:40 am
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Wow - I would love to get my hands on that. Must've been fun finding those 1909 VBDs!
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I would have loved to get my hands on that one. I have one question for you. For lack of better words, did they look dried out or as if they were covered with a powder of some sort? I bought a much smaller collection a few years ago that were in these envelopes and they looked so bad I put them all in a jar of olive oil for a few days to bring them back. Those things looked as if they had been dehydrated. |
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Tim Stroud,
So far, they all look dull and worn. No powdery appearance. The little pouches are labeled with what's inside so it wasn't hard finding the VDB's. All I had to do was take the pouch marked: 1909VDB and remove the coins. Eventually, I'll go through them all. There were some pennies in the books that I needed for my Whitman Number One.
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Where did you find the hoard? E-bay? Friend? Craigslist?
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A LOT of fun....no matter what you find. Very cool. THANKS for sharing!
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I bought a much smaller collection a few years ago that were in these envelopes and they looked so bad I put them all in a jar of olive oil for a few days Those poor pennies! I hate having to rinse off unnaturally shiny coins with acetone.  Edited by TheCentMan
12/02/2012 4:33 pm
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I agree.. What a waste of perfectly good olive oil...
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Gothic Florin, This was a follow up from an earlier appearance. I had a friend who knew an older couple who had coins and some jewelry for sale. I visited with the couple 3 weeks ago and bought coins and junk jewelry (spent over 3000). I didn't get the LWC's on the first visit because they didn't have a price for me. The second visit, last weekend proved good. He sold me all the pennies for approximately 1.8 cents each and a little bit of damaged gold jewelry. I'm almost certain there are not going to be any sleepers unless I find some die clashes or some stronger errors that were missed. |
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