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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i have like 2 full rolls of wheat cents that I already have in my collection. What do I do with them?
A. let them back into circulation
B. Put them in 2X2 flip folders to sell later on when (or if) I'm a coin dealer
C. Put them in 2X2's to save for a reaaaaaaallly long time
D. put them in rolls and save them
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
1682 Posts |
I would not go for option A.
Would go for a mix of C and D.
A fifth option could be to sell or trade them on here.
Ken
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Valued Member
United States
335 Posts |
When my son and I coin roll hunt, we set aside any duplicate wheat cents. When there are fify, we roll them up. He throws them in the auction at his coin club for a (tiny) profit.
Anything with green on it goes back into circulation.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I tend just to throw the common ones in a bin on my desk, the rarer/better ones I put into flips
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1179 Posts |
I'm with Xavier on this one. Toss the commons in a jar and eventually sell as bulk or something. Put the rest in 2x2 and sell/trade
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Valued Member
United States
57 Posts |
Saving them can get weighty, I just traded 56 rolls to my local coin shop. I kept about 12 rolls of the better dates/quality
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4846 Posts |
well I'm a kid for one and I have no idea which ones that are scarce/rare dates. and I have a limited amounts of 2X2's so I only want to put the ones that are worth .50 plus in coin holders.
Edited by Adam_E
01/31/2010 7:25 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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well I'm a kid for one and I hve no idea which ones that are scarce/rare detes. and I have a limited amounts of 2X2's so I only want to puut the ones that are worth .50 plus in coin holders.
Pending on your plans and your age, many things are possible. You could start by asking your parents to get you a copy of the Red Book by Whitman. Lots of info on which coins are worth what. If you want to save them all just carefully place them in a glass jar for now unless you take the time to look up which ones are valuable. You could do that by checking the places on line that have price guides such as the PCGS web site. I used to save all of them but now every once in a while I take a handfull and place them back in circulation and imagine the look on someones face when they find them. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I alredy do have a Red Book. but I dont know that well how to grade coins. so it would be kinda hard to dertimine the value. it would also be hard to ask for 100 coins to grade on ccf |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:I alredy do have a Red Book. but I dont know that well how to grade coins. so it would be kinda hard to dertimine the value. it would also be hard to ask for 100 coins to grade on ccf I would pick up a copy of Photograde or the like. Check some used book stores. I picked one up that way many years ago. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You might check Amazon. I see where you might be able to get one for 5 or 6 bucks shipped. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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ok I will thank you for the advice everyone!
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New Member
United States
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i have the Blue Book by R.S. Yeoman , and it is pretty self explanatory on the grades of each coin. ...maybe you might wanna grab yourself a copy?
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New Member
United States
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There's nothing wrong with returning them to circulation. You never know when a kid will find one and then get hooked on coin collecting. If you do return them to circulation I'd recommend spreading them around rather than returning them all rolled together.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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well, I'm a kid and I got hooked on coin collecting by finding Wheat cent too! soo I might, but for now ill just leave them be |
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Posted 01/31/2010 3:18 pm
