Lincoln Wheat Pennies

I'm going to make an analogy that may or may not apply to your question.

If I get to the point I ask my woman, "are you cheating on me?" the problem is this.

1. I probably wont believe the answer
or
2. I wont like the answer.

(or 3. She wont answer)

So, if I'm not going to believe the answer or like the answer, there's no real point in asking that question.

I think of this equation when I wonder, after my experience with so-called, "unsearched" coins. One of my mentors, long ago, conveyed this concept to me;

"Jim, if you have to ask, the answer is NO"

I hate to seem so cynical. Before I answered you I did a search on "unsearched wheat cents" on google and Mozilla. The first hits were on ebay. Next was a lot of 400 cents, 1909 - 1958, that were unsearched. Do I believe it?

Do I have to ask the question?

Now, the best course of action, in my not-so-humble(?) opinion is to keep your eyes peeled during real time life encounters with coins. I wont dissuade you from trying your luck on Ebay/the Internet. Temperance in trust, faith, and (yes)gullibility is the middle road. For me, the middle road is an aspiration.

Jim

It's best just to assume there's no such thing as unsearched wheat pennies on the Internet. If you don't over-overpay for them, they can be very entertaining, and you can re-sell them as wheat pennies (rather than 'unsearched!' wheat pennies for very close to (and sometimes more than) what you paid for them. I have found that better lots tend to come from people who don't also sell singles of early dates, but that is not a foolproof indicator.

I want to go to those auctions you're talking about Eaglefoot! Woo, Hoo! A thousand old pennies for $50--what a deal! I get excited going thru the bags of pennies from the bank--I cannot imagine how excited I would get to make a buy like that! I would tell everybody at my house to make their own dinner--I'd be busy sorting pennies!
Gussyboy1

If the seller knows enough about coins to list them as "Unsearched" they know enough to search them for goodies before they sell them.

Yeah I was thinking alot on trying the garage/yard estate sales. I thinkI might try and check out whats goin on this weekend.