Cool Lincoln Roll Finds (From Bank Rolls) - Post Yours!

johnny...I'd spend it before it disenigrates

Just found a 1997 Double Ear
Funny how an old man can feel like a kid again by finding a penny...and it is real nice too...I'll try to get pics tomorrow as my photos in artificial light suck...

yup...that's a large date..too bad. Wish I got that percentage of copper though.It averages 20% around here

Johnny...40 here for now...will be older too soon! I hit the bank for a couple of boxes since my work schedule won't allow me to get to the bank until Monday. Anyway, one of the String boxes was a new Shield box. Not alot of searching there. I guess it's a good thing about the little holes on top of the box to peek in. That way I don't have to rip it open. Trying to decide what to do with them.

oldcoach,I've been through a bunch of 97's...was starting to think it didn't exist...will work on pics this afternoon if I get a little sun.
HoosierDaddy, I believe coppercoins made an offer on here a couple of weeks ago to buy boxes of those Shields...you'll have to find his post.Just check the rules, you may have to wait for 250 posts.

Nice chugly , I wish could find a 1909 my self ! I gonna get a Lincoln box this afternoon and give me
Try never knows

After finding plenty of wheats in one box (26 was what I found on my previous hunt), I found only seven in today's box. The high note is that after searching through several boxes, I finally found a 1938-dated coin in circulation!

The other finds were:

*25 Canadians.
*My first Bermudan Pig Penny.
*A 2009-D Professional Life cent.

But this is far from the end of the story...

I guess fate wasn't pleased that I got only seven wheats from this hunt, so it gave me a present at the CoinStar where I dumped today.

The gentleman in front of me was dumping his stash of Wheats, and I noticed there was at least one steel penny in the reject tray. I told him that the machine won't accept the steel cents, and he took his change with him to the register to redeem his receipt.

I thought he had just given the pennies to the cashier to add to his receipt, but he put him in the "take a penny" tray. I peeked into it and exchanged some of my pennies for the 18 he did leave in there. I was amazed at what I found:

*Eight '43 pennies, including one '43-S.
*10 Wheats, with the oldest being 1927.

In the trash bin near the CoinStar machine, I noticed the gentleman's wrappers and I was a bit let down that I missed the chance to buy some of the rolls from him, notably the "1920's duplicates" one, but finding the steel cents was a nice surprise.