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Valued Member
Canada
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Hey, how often do you (in the USA) find wheat cents in change or coin rolls from banks?
So far, I've searched around 2000 pennies 1-cent coins from Canadian banks here in Victoria, and found 5 wheat cents, including a 1945S.
Newer American cents are unremarkable to find here, but I've gotten about 6 from the 1960s so far.
Other interesting finds include an AU 1994 Bermudan cent, British 5 pence (in a cent roll), and a couple dimes. This last bunch I've gotten a decent amount of toned coins as well, some quite beautiful. I've been getting tons of AU coins from between 2000-2008, and I'm also wondering if they're worth keeping, maybe sell a couple rolls of them for something over face value.
Thanks for all your input! Edited by rogers
12/12/2008 2:17 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3294 Posts |
I would estimate that I get around 4-5 per 1000 coins searched
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19945 Posts |
I get about 8 per 2500.
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Valued Member
United States
67 Posts |
I've been averaging 18 per 2500 box.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
322 Posts |
My last box was 21 wheats. Average has been about 15 lately. My best 25.00 box was 67 wheats. Doubt I'll ever see that again.
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Valued Member
United States
322 Posts |
I've also been finding roughly 10 Canadian pennies/box.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
Looks like an average of 0.5% so far! 1 in 200. It would be interesting to know what portion of the 0.5% are from the 1950's.
I may have to dump a roll of wheaties into circulation!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19945 Posts |
By far, most of the Wheats I find are 50's.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
671 Posts |
Wow, I must have extraordinary luck!  I get 1 in every 100 at least, and those are rolls right from the bank. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Same here..about 8-12 per box. I have had better luck with personally wrapped coins, esp during Christmas and a bad economy.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7629 Posts |
Somewhere around 10-15 per $25 box is average these days. Back when I started roll searching in the late 1970s, I searched rolls $10 at a time and would end up with 50-75 per 1000 coins. Some of them were older wheat cents too.
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Valued Member
 Canada
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Coppercoins - wow, you must have quite a collection from your searches!
MikeP - you're getting around 10 Canadians per 2500? I've gotten 102 Americans so far from 2000 searched, and it's quite unremarkable to get American cents in change etc.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1121 Posts |
found a 1925 and a 1928 in back to back rolls from a box. The search continues...!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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When looking through bank boxes, I find that if you find one unusually good coin, there very well might be one or more similar to it in another roll in the box. The coins that make up those boxes are bulk coin turned into the armored car companies from banks with either counting machines or a large number of bulk customer rolls. Coinstar also contributes a lot. It probably isn't uncommon to see little old ladies walk into the bank and pour a coffee can of loose change into a counter. I found three Indian cents in a box a couple of weeks ago. I've been looking through rolls and boxes for over 20 years and had never found an Indian. Suddenly, three in a box! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Wow, three Indians in one box...that kinda proves your theory....that'a amazing.
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Posted 12/12/2008 2:45 pm
