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I went through a $50 bag of pennies from my local bank's coin counter machine and I found a WHOLE BUNCH of good stuff. Canadian There were 69 Canadians. -3 BU 1961 -45 BU 1963 and 21 others  LMC-71 BU 1973 D -80 1965, some with dark toned blotches, but all have sharp rims and little to no wear. -47 1968 S. I think in 68 all S mint coins were proof.. right? If they aren't proof coins, they are some of the best looking LMCs I have ever found. Funny though, some of the mint marks are weak. -2 possible clipped planchet 1965 coins. sorry for the fuzzy pictures.. I will get better ones.    Wheat -A 1925 D Woody -A 1916 - A 1909 (no s, no VDB. BAH) -FORTY 1918S wheats, all worn out to the point where they are almost unreadable. They are about 30% thinner than non worn coins. -16 other common wheats   IHCFIVE total. -four 1902 IHC, -1901, all beat to heck. (but hey, not complaining)   How would such a strange mix of coins happen? it's almost like someone grabbed a few rolls at random from their (apparently rather extensive) collection and dumped them. There is no way that these would ever be in a bag like that by chance. Maybe a kid took some of Dad's coins? |
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Nice haul!  Someone must have dumped their piggy-bank, or perhaps someone passed away and the heirs just dumped 'em. Edited by oih82w8
10/15/2013 12:55 pm
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-47 1968 S. I think in 68 all S mint coins were proof.. right? If they aren't proof coins, they are some of the best looking LMCs I have ever found. Funny though, some of the mint marks are weak Business strikes were minted from 1968 to 1974 so that is most likely what you have instead of proofs. Quote:
2 possible clipped planchet 1965 coins.
they are genuine, nice find |
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Nice finds, baysinger626! |
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I had this bag sitting on the floor for a week before I opened it, so I bet I missed LOADS of other goodies.
I will be getting everything they have tomorrow.
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all they had today was 3 bags of quarters, with nothing good.
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You are very very lucky for such an assortment. That is a pretty good lot from someone's inheritance dump. I recently got about 1,065 pennies from 1959. They all look to be uncirculated just like your '65s. I bet someone had rolls of them that had never been opened and when they died, their grown children just grabbed them and took them all to the bank.
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Nice score - congrats! Time to buy some cupcakes for the bank in case another load like that walks in the door!
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Edited by baysinger626
10/17/2013 2:35 pm
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Amazing! great score! 5 IHC's! |
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Posted 10/15/2013 1:16 pm
