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A Gap In My Wheat Penny Collection Filled!

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 Posted 03/06/2025  11:36 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add David Graham to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Sorry if I've posted in the wrong forum. I'm assuming Wheat Pennies are modern. Living in Oz I don't get access to many US coins (unless I pay top dollar at auctions). By noodling bulk lots of world coins I've been slowly adding to my collection. While waiting for cyclone Alfred to hit Brisbane I got stuck into a recent batch of world coins that included some wheat pennies. Low and behold, I scored a 1909 Wheat penny with the initials. Now I know you folks in the US find mint condition 1909 pennies in your cereal boxes but finding a low grade specimen in a bulk buy in Oz I thought worth sharing!


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 Posted 03/07/2025  01:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add triggersmob to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very nice find David. Shame it's not a 1909-S.
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 Posted 03/07/2025  05:06 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add I6609 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That is truly an amazing find down under congrats. And I'm pretty sure we don't find these in the bottom of our cereal boxes with 27995000. Minted this is still a pretty good find in the states.
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 Posted 03/07/2025  05:25 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add igwt79 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That's a great find! Congrats!
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 Posted 03/07/2025  06:16 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nickelsearcher to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very nice find.
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 Posted 03/07/2025  06:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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I'm assuming Wheat Pennies are modern.


For the purposes of CCF forums, the answer is yes but still you have a remarkable find from a bulk coin lot. Well done!
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 Posted 03/07/2025  07:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Outstanding find, yes! I'll need to recheck my cereal boxes for MS-grade 1909 wheat cents!
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most excellent find in that bulk coins you found! congrats on filling that hole.
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 Posted 03/07/2025  11:30 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Freespeech57 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Now that is a successful find, Congrats!
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 Posted 03/07/2025  12:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add halfamind to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Superb find down under!
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 Posted 03/07/2025  12:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BadThad to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
WOW! Amazing find in the AU! Have searched in the US for decades, I've never found a VDB.
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 Posted 03/07/2025  6:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Maine Member to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Cool find, congrats.
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that is a great find anywhere! I've found a few '09s before, but never a VDB. great score!
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 Posted 03/07/2025  10:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Great find!
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 Posted 03/08/2025  4:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Tacc to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Great Find! I have never found a 1909 VDB in my Capt'n Crunch boxes, or in my Frosted Flakes.
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 Posted 03/09/2025  1:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Raised on rock to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes, Great find.
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