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Valued Member
 United States
100 Posts |
Bump111 I am not tracking the mints right now, but at the very end of the challenge I will do an enormous recap in which I list the quantity from every date and every mintmark. I have noticed that I am finding more D's and S's on the west coast.
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Valued Member
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Keep looking! Do you think you may be able to do a huge quarter roll hunt later? After you finish with the pennies of course.
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Valued Member
United States
100 Posts |
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!" That is what I yelled when I went through a total of 4300 pennies and found 9, yes 9 wheat cents. I honestly don't even feel like continuing this hunt right now. It's a waste of time if I only find 5-10 wheats a box. I am going to explore other banks and ways to get coins so that I can hopefully have better luck. I will keep searching, but it is not very enjoyable right now. So far: 56,100 pennies searched through To go: 943,900 Finds United States coinageTotal Wheat Cents: 299 total 50's pennies: 157 40's pennies: 120 30's pennies: 23 20's pennies: 5 10's pennies: 3 09 pennies: 2 Indian Head cents: 1 (1897) Philadelphia mint proof token: 1 (no date on it even though it's uncirculated) Foreign Coins Canadian 1 cent: 396 total Post 1965: 349 Young Head (1953-1964): 37 King George VI type II (1948-1952): 3 Kinge George VI type I (1937-1947): 7 (oldest: 1939) Bermuda 1 cent: 1 ½ New Penny: 1 Un centismo de Balboa: 3 Commonwealth of the Bahamas-one cent: 2 Dimes Roosevelt: 11 |
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Valued Member
United States
100 Posts |
Quick correction: The total Wheat cent count is now 308. |
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 United States
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I went through a total of 4300 pennies and found 9, yes 9 wheat cents.  Quote:
I honestly don't even feel like continuing this hunt right now... A break might do some good, but hopefully the other banks will pan out for you. Good luck!  |
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Valued Member
United States
100 Posts |
jbuck I think that I'm gonna continue. Going to try some other banks a little further away.
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Moderator
United States
189340 Posts |
I hope you find success there!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Over the years I've averaged about three wheats per 2,500 cents searched. Once--early 2013--I found three customer wrapped rolls of 100% wheats.
I imagine your searches have taken you to banks from the SF Bay Area to the LA Basin. San Luis Obispo and Bakersfield may have some interesting finds.
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Valued Member
United States
100 Posts |
Well, another box and another 6 wheat cents. I am very dissapointed, but I will continue to do this challenge as promised. I just picked up another $50 in pennies, and about 2/3 of them are customer wrapped, so I may have better luck this time around. I should have another post tonight. Thanks for the support! So far: 58,600 pennies searched through To go: 941,400 Finds United States coinageTotal Wheat Cents: 314 total 50's pennies: 160 40's pennies: 123 30's pennies: 23 20's pennies: 5 10's pennies: 3 09 pennies: 2 Indian Head cents: 1 (1897) Philadelphia mint proof token: 1 (no date on it even though it's uncirculated) Foreign Coins Canadian 1 cent: 399 total Post 1965: 351 Young Head (1953-1964): 38 King George VI type II (1948-1952): 3 Kinge George VI type I (1937-1947): 7 (oldest: 1939) Bermuda 1 cent: 1 ½ New Penny: 1 Un centismo de Balboa: 3 Commonwealth of the Bahamas-one cent: 2 Dimes Roosevelt: 11 |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19208 Posts |
Dimes are a welcome surprise. Over the years I've found around 130--no silver, just post '65 dimes.
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Valued Member
United States
100 Posts |
Well, I'm about 1/3 of the way through this $50 and I think I'm going to have to exclude it from the totals. Multiple rolls had dimes and many of them were short. Not a single one has a Wheat cent. |
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Valued Member
United States
100 Posts |
Well, the last 2/3 of the pennies closed out strong with 12 wheat cents and a few foreign finds, so I have decided to include them in the totals. I'm currently working on a solution to get coins from a different bank. The real problem is not the bank, but the center. Right now my coins are coming from the Brinks center in Los Angeles, and these seem to be at least 60% shield cents. I'm going to see if I can find a bank that orders coins from somewhere else. Until next time! So far: 63,600 pennies searched through To go: 936,400 Finds United States coinageTotal Wheat Cents: 326 total 50's pennies: 166 40's pennies: 129 30's pennies: 23 20's pennies: 5 10's pennies: 3 09 pennies: 2 Indian Head cents: 1 (1897) Philadelphia mint proof token: 1 (no date on it even though it's uncirculated) Foreign Coins Canadian 1 cent: 401 total Post 1965: 353 Young Head (1953-1964): 38 King George VI type II (1948-1952): 3 Kinge George VI type I (1937-1947): 7 (oldest: 1939) 2 Euro: 2 Bermuda 1 cent: 1 ½ New Penny: 1 1 New Penny: 1 Un centismo de Balboa: 3 Commonwealth of the Bahamas-one cent: 2 Dimes Roosevelt: 19 |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19208 Posts |
If you haven't tried this already, make a run through bank branches located well within in residential areas. I've found that these branches will often have a higher incidence of customer wrapped rolls which may contain dumps of someone's unintentional hoarding--older folks cleaning out drawers, jars, boxes, etc. of cents accumulated over the years. I've had decent luck getting wheats (and pristine 1960s) this way. My wheat rate at more commercially-oriented branch locations is dismal at best.
All-in-all, your recovery rate of interesting items is a bit better than mine.
Good luck!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
729 Posts |
Sometimes a break is a nice thing.
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