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Valued Member
United States
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So I have a roll of 30 LWCs from a "sweepstakes". I know this was a promotional gimmick; do I try my luck and see if I'm a real "winner" or should I let it be?   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I'd take a flat head screwdriver and carefully peel the edge of the roll so you can pour out the coins withought damaging the wrapper.
Does that make sense? I can't tell if it does or not. I'm tired lol.
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Rest in Peace
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Sure wouldn't hurt. Unless...you wanted to make a sucker killing on eww-boy! Bet you have no more than 8 pre-1940 "wheaties" in it, if that! My "average" percent out of over 30,000 purchased bulk wheat cents is to have 7% pre-1940 and 93% of 40's-50's, most being common 40's P's and 50's D's.
Post your results, said I'd bet...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
593 Posts |
I think most of these will be common 40s & 50s certainly been cherry picked
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Moderator
 United States
56855 Posts |
Open it but use your finger nail or a toothpick. Don't damage the paper,it is collectible. Look through the coins for errors/varieties. Let us know what you find. John1  |
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Moderator
United States
188342 Posts |
My gut says open it.  Then again, it is rather cool and gimmicky. They are probably all 40's and 50's cents anyway.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3058 Posts |
I am with Jbuck. If you want to resell, go ahead and ruin your ebay account with "Truly Unsearched by me Wheat Cents". |
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Valued Member
United States
223 Posts |
I don't care if you do or don't open it, but if you do, please post some pictures.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1157 Posts |
Yep, carefully open to not hurt coins or wrappers. Let us know.
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Valued Member
United States
404 Posts |
I had one of these that I opened... common dates but really nice shape
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Valued Member
 United States
52 Posts |
I will open it tonight. Results will be posted with pics. Stay tuned!!
Thanks for the input!
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United States
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Quote:
I will open it tonight. Results will be posted with pics. Stay tuned!!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1695 Posts |
Fun! I look forward to the results!
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Valued Member
United States
52 Posts |
And the results are in... I opened the roll very carefully, and managed to push the coins out without damaging the paper. Please let me know if you would like shots of individual coins. Didn't think it would be a good idea to post 60+ pics! From left to right: 2 - 1940 1 - 1941 3 - 1948 2 - 1951 3 - 1952 3 - 1953 4 - 1955 2 - 1957 2 - 1958 and... Top two rows: 8 - 1926    |
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Rest in Peace
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Guess I win the bet, only 8! YES! Since I won, what's it I get? Am surprised in 1926, those aren't that common in bulk.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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26's are cool - even though the rest are just common wheats it's still fun to look through!
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Posted 03/26/2017 10:39 pm
