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

I went back to the bank with the customer rolled cents today. The vault manager was out sick and her backup wasn't too enthusiastic about helping me. She said there was a stack of boxes set aside for me in the vault, (whine) did I really want all of them (whine)? I told her no, I'll take four now and come back and get the rest later (still don't know how many there are). Of course I had to do a quick search before heading back to work. Looked through 2 rolls from each box. Three of the boxes had mixed copper and zinc, like any ordinary Brinks box. Box #4 yielded 17 BU 1978D (roll 1) and 14 BU 1981 D (roll 2). This should be a fun weekend!

Matt

found 2 $25 box's of 2010-D Union Shields.!! sold one on ebay for $107 and the other sale ends in 1 hr.. currently at $101 =D

The coin on the right was a gift. (thanks again Thad)

I found the one on the left tonight inside a $50 bag. I found a new supply of Lincolns! There's a small semi-independant bank in my town. It seems they take all of their customer wrapped coin and dump it into a coin machine to count and sort. The machine isn't available to the customers, it sits in a back room and is used by the merchant teller. It turns out that they've got 8 more $50 bags in the vault, and they've been sitting in there for quite awhile. I plan on cleaning them out 1 bag at a time.

Thanks for all you've done for me Mr.D'mint! I'm glad you found it. Looks like it's a little nicer than the one you found in that bag.

Congrats on scoring the bags! That's going to be a blast to go through.

Setting here on a rain Saturday aft going thru a few rolls and then a ray of sunshine! An 1890 IHC.




Jim

starman, How often do you find one in rolls. This is my second and I go thru 2 to 4 boxes a week and have for yrs. I want to live near you.

Jim

If my memory serves me, this thread was one of the very first that I posted in. I've never met another collector that didn't check the reverse of each and every Lincoln Cent he/she handled...looking for wheatheads.

Thad, you're correct...the coin you gave me is MUCH better than the one I found. "pristine" is a word that comes to mind.

Jim, I've only been actively roll-searching for a little over a year now...on average, I probably search at least $50 per week. I've only found a total of 6 Indians so far...but I'm still looking!

Starman, the Indians are out there. Patience is a virtue.

I'm 1/2 way through this bag now. I've found quite a few keepers, and about twice the amount of copper that I normally find in bank boxes.

Its also one of the first threads I check. I searched my first rolls/boxes of cents just over a month ago.

I've had great success since.....and look at every coin I get.

BTW - I got a 1927 Wheatie in change yesterday at Crispers.