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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
I've been saving Wheat cents out of circulation for years (30 of them or so) -- usually I would just stick anything oustanding in a 2x2 and the rest went into standard cent wrappers. However, I didn't have any way to know what was where, since I had just sort of randomly thrown them into rolls, so I decided to buy some Coinsafe tubes and sort them out by date. This is what I ended up with. (Also in this box I put my cull IHC's, Canadian cents, and 3 rolls of BU shield cents I had laying around.) Much easier to find specific dates now in case I ever get enough time to start looking for varieties. Minus the three rolls of Shield cents, I had 7 or 8 rolls of Wheat cents in total, so that's a lot pulled from circulation over the years!! 1957-D wins the contest, by the way, with 1956-D a close second, for most pulled from circulation so far.  Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
997 Posts |
I do the same thing with US and Canadian pennies and US nickels. When the plastic gets filled I wrap them in a paper roll.
Works great, and it allows you to tell when you are getting a roll full.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5828 Posts |
Nice! I wish my stuff was HALF as organized as that!
On a side note, how many steel cents you find?
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12057 Posts |
I think 7 or 8, ranging from minor rust spots / discolored to barely recognizable but still magnetic. I'll snap a photo tonight.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1003 Posts |
Great idea for storing them!
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Moderator
 United States
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Very nice!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
I do the same thing with pre-1940 and S mints. All other P and D mints go loose into zip-lock bags. I've got over 10K LWC so tubing them all would be too expensive. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
10K? Holy moly!!!! That's a TON! I don't actively pursue the series so my collection = whatever I find in change or rolls.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
Here ya go, @ChildOfTheWheat -- 1 lonely 1943-D, 3 1943-S, and 5 1943-P, all in less-than-perfect condition, and all removed from circulation.   Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6326 Posts |
I agree with Coinfrog, and I too have many thousands of Wheats from C.R.H.
Using plastic tubes is way too expensive for large amounts !
Gems, keys, etc., is a different story, but bulk storage for common dates has to be cost effective.
Anything airtight is sufficient in this case.
So, if your current endeavor increases at a faster pace, you would do well to switch this storing practice, financially speaking.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
Looks good ... I love roll boxes like these, they can really help organize a collection. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
10743 Posts |
We used to coin roll hunt when pennies were circulating in Canada but, now don't get that chance any more but did end up with quite a few wheats 20 odd rolls I think.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
757 Posts |
That's a nice set up there. Quote:I do the same thing with pre-1940 and S mints. All other P and D mints go loose into zip-lock bags. I've got over 10K LWC so tubing them all would be too expensive. I have my winter project waiting for me in my basement. The last count I was over 65,000 LWC that I need to go through. I may be blind before I search them all, but it should be fun. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
They are getting harder to find. I do not normally CRH, so unless I get one in change, I don't see them often. Occasionally my cashiers will find them in the drawer and save for me.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
527 Posts |
Well organized collection ! Congrats ! I started to organize my wheats better , 2x2 for the better looking ones and will roll the rest per date /mintmark , I have probably between 2-3k so will take some time Thanks for sharing ! |
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Valued Member
United States
173 Posts |
Hopefully I am not overdoing it, but I like to keep all my coins organized by date and mint mark separately. Also because most of them have not been checked for errors yet. Those that I think are valuable/have errors are in a 2x2 and stored in an album. I figured I would sort all of my coins first and then inspect each individual ones. Still have a lot of wrapped rolls from the bank that I need to go through.  I have 3 full rolls of 1969S and 2 full rolls of 1968S that are BU that I haven't checked yet. I bought them from my local coin shop and they were in OBW and supposedly unchecked. I have a second plastic box that I just got it and will be splitting the denominations since this is too full. |
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Posted 10/12/2016 07:35 am
