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Valued Member
United States
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Is it possible to find a steel cent by coin roll hunting? Once, when I was on vacation near the Canadian border a couple years back, I picked a rusty one up on the side of the road...but can you find them in bank rolls?
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09/16/2015 4:57 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
814 Posts |
Not frequently, but it does happen. I found one in a box about 6 months ago.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
562 Posts |
I questioned this too until I pulled three out of one box a year ago. One was copper-plated, another AU-BU and another was a roll-ender.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I have found about a dozen in rolls up here in Canada so, they are out there.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Having searched a lot of $25.00 boxes my finds were 2 or 3. You can find them but in low grades. I then bought them from a friend at the MS range. They look real nice in my 7070.
They are not too expensive so go for it. Good luck.
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Valued Member
United States
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I personally have not found one but they are cheap to buy in circulated condition.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have been putting the P-mints back into circulation every week or so for a couple of years, so they're still out there!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Possible, yes. Probable, no. Most of the armored carriers screen out magnetic coins/slugs since almost all magnetic coins are foreign, the only exception being 1943 cents.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Of course, anything is possible. I've found a few 43-p coins but all were in bad shape..
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 United States
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You're great, Coinfrog, I hope you know that!
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Possible, yes. Probable, no. Most of the armored carriers screen out magnetic coins/slugs since almost all magnetic coins are foreign, the only exception being 1943 cents. Wait, then the 1943 cents would be pulled? |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I would give a free steel cent to anyone who asked for it. I just can't figure out how to do it efficiently given the postage problem.  Edited by Coinfrog
09/16/2015 5:32 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah my banks machine screens for steel but I'm not sure my carrier does because I sometimes get plated steel canadian coins. Never got a 1943 but I never hunted cents much maybe six boxes. Luckily I never have time for it anymore. I used crh to keep me in the hobby when I couldn't afford much. Use the extra hobby time now to sell toys on ebay which let's me buy a lot more better coins then I ever been able to afford before. Edited by Bertensgrad
09/16/2015 5:31 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have found many steelies in both customer wrapped rolls and armored carrier wrapped rolls.... They are out there.
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United States
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I found one the other day,
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