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Pillar of the Community
United States
1295 Posts |
Down here in the U.S., I never seem to get many Canadian cents pre-1940. But this morning, however, I found a 1928 George V in a bank roll! I absolutely love the design.  Is this a common type of cent to find in a roll or in circulation? I had never found one before today.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5417 Posts |
Not common at all. Even for Canadians. And in that condition |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
4227 Posts |
Really nice find... looks VF.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
805 Posts |
Nice find! I have 100 to go through from the range of production, but I had to pay for those!
Always nice to find a bonus!
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Pillar of the Community
798 Posts |
You wont find a lot more of those, most of the rest that were in circulation got melted.
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Valued Member
Canada
386 Posts |
Nice find  Those were hard to find even in Canada, when we still had the cent. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
519 Posts |
Not a common find at all. The design is very distinctive and mintage numbers are quite low compared with the overall population. Do you have an idea as to how many rolls you searched before finding your first George V? Great find!
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1295 Posts |
I haven't been keeping count, but I've probably searched around 3,000 rolls, which equates to 60 boxes! I did the math on this, and the average for finding a George V cent seems to be 1 in every 150,000 searched. So not common at all!
Thanks everyone for your comments!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
519 Posts |
They are quite uncommon in Canada also. I have searched ~67 boxes and have found 58 George V's. However, if I only count coins not found as an obvious dumped collection then the number drops to 6.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1234 Posts |
That is a nice find  , I got a 1929 George V cent a while back, I keep hoping for my second  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2517 Posts |
Very nice  Yours is in better condition than mine! |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1700 Posts |
My best American find is a 1920 Wheat cent. These are all cool coins that have been in circulation for almost 100 years! |
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New Member
United States
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I used to find an occasional George VI cent in rolls back in the 60s but never any earlier. I found an undated George V dime once in a roll. In southeastern MI we used to see a lot of Canadian coins up through 25c.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
9385 Posts |
Nice find. I pulled a 1936 from a bulk load the other day.  Steve |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
9385 Posts |
Nice find. I pulled a 1936 from a bulk load the other day. Steve |
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Posted 03/24/2014 2:16 pm
