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.....and let me tell ya, my hands and wrists are sore!  I spent 5 hours separating the copper from the zinc and the Wheaties from the LMs. The oldest one I found was a 1910. Of course I have already misplaced it, so I don't have a pic right at this moment. That being said, I took these pics of the pennies that still had some good luster to them.   I found close to $1.50 face value Wheaties. I'm still going through them one by one to see what I have. Here are a couple that are semi-key:  I love my new hobby! Lots of hard work though and it takes time away from my Les Paul. |
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Are you checking for errors and varieties? John1  |
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Are you checking for errors and varieties? I am checking for errors. I am new to the hobby so varieties were off my radar. Back to square one and doing a little research! |
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Wow! How long had you been saving pennies? That's a lot of wheat cents.
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Wow! How long had you been saving pennies? That's a lot of wheat cents. Roughly 20+ years, I reckon. I threw them in jars, baskets, etc. I went through roughly $30 face that my kids and I had rolled up and stashed away in 1998 as well. Time flies.... |
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So you're the reason the Mint has to produce 20 of those things per head of population per year!
I've always been in the habit of sorting mine as I get them, then rolling them up as soon as I have 50 'discards', & swapping them at the bank or including them in a purchase. But recently I was given a pocket coin-sorter (courtesy of the Sacramento chapter of the National Space Society), so I've been making purchases with exact change.
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'42-S is cleaned, otherwise, nice finds. :)
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Nice wheats have found about 6 of them myself going through my change. Been picking up a couple rolls a night from my work and sorting out the pre 82 and wheats.
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I found close to $1.50 face value Wheaties. I'm still going through them one by one to see what I have.
Were any of those Wheaties 1943 Steelies? (My dad told me when he was young, Steelies were still common in circulation, which I would have thought would be awesome, if they were still circulating, but he is almost 60 years old, but just for something different it would have been neat to see). I asked an older lady I worked with at a now closed down grocery store when I was 15 years old, if Steelies were hard to tell apart from all other coinage, since they were no longer copper, but silver colored for that one year, and she said "No, the Steelies were dull looking, while all other coins were shiny. Still, I wonder how many people, perhaps with low vision, made mistakes with Steelies, dimes and nickels.  |
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So besides date, mint and condition I have to look for errors and different varieties as well? I don't think I have enough years left to go through my gallons of pennies, not to mention all the thousands I acquired in my inherited collection. Rick |
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Quote:So besides date, mint and condition I have to look for errors and different varieties as well? I don't think I have enough years left to go through my gallons of pennies, not to mention all the thousands I acquired in my inherited collection. Rick Just send us a few flat rate boxes worth  |
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Were any of those Wheaties 1943 Steelies? Yep. I found four of them. Three are a bit rough looking, but one isn't too shabby.   I have a few more that I've found over the years. One in particular is AU, possibly BU. |
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I've always been in the habit of sorting mine as I get them, then rolling them up as soon as I have 50 'discards', & swapping them at the bank or including them in a purchase. But recently I was given a pocket coin-sorter (courtesy of the Sacramento chapter of the National Space Society), so I've been making purchases with exact change.  why?! Then you don't get coins BACK. |
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NICE FINDS!
Especially, against all odds, find TWO 1925-S coins (one looks to VF)....that's AMAZING.
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why?! Then you don't get coins BACK. Only until I run out of exact change! Before, I often had five dollars in nickels & dimes in my change purse. Getting rid of those freed up plenty of space for halves & dollars. And I'm a world collector anyway, so it's not as though I'm variety-hunting in the local cash registers. |
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Posted 08/06/2013 8:05 pm
