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Valued Member
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Hey Everyone,
I have a 5 pound (at least) jar of wheat pennies that I have had for 39 years. Un-searched from my childhood piggy bank. What are a few good dates I should look for if I decide to go through them ? Not sure if it would be worth my time or not. What do you think ?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well lokk for pre 1940 pieces and look for the best and most detailed enriched pieces in otherwords the ones that are in the best condition. And with those pieces you found put them in a 2x2 holder and bring them to your dealer to grade them for you.
The Buffalo protecter was here
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Some key dates to look for are:
1909 S VDB
1909 VDB
1909 S
1911 S
1912 S
1914 D
1914 S
1924 D
1931 S
and of course 1955 Double Die
Im sure there are more but these are the ones off the top of my head....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi Kerry
Its a great Idea to search them,, 1909-S VDB,1909 VDB,most of the 10's and early teens are keepers,22-D or no D, 24-D,31-S and numerous other errors and varieties,, 55 doubled die, 1917 doubled die .BIE die break varieties many different dates .
Go slowly with a loupe and let us know what you find or bring any questions no matter how small they seem .
Rick
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Forum Kid
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WEll worth the Search!!
Theres bound to be SOMETHING!!!
I'd love to go through an endless pile "junk"
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well if I were you and I'm doing it right now start to hoard pre-1982 cents in f-12 and higher from circulation because sooner or later they will have more value. just a thought I wanted to share instead of making a post for it
Edited by Buffaloboy5
06/18/2006 5:22 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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I think it would be well worth the time to search through them, even one of the key dates mentioned would be worth the time it took to search through them, even though most would need to be certified to be authentic (not saying there not, just saying if you are selling them most people wont look a second time at a raw key date because they were so widely counterfited) it would still be worth the time and money spent on them in the long run because some go for hundreds and even thousands of dollars which isn't bad for a penny
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Not to get too off the subject,but is there any place on the forum to see a pic of the 1955 double die?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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sn31 I posted one in the variety section of this forum here is a link, scroll down to the third post https://goccf.com/t/6050Edited by Bryan1315
06/18/2006 8:06 pm
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Thank you Bryan.What a neat treasure!!!sn31
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I have an estimated 50,000 Lincoln cents.
But, I'm not going to start searching through them anytime soon!
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United States
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try these dates!
909-S, 1909-S VDB, 1910-S, 1911-D, 1911-S, 1912-D, 1912-S, 1913-S, 1914-S, 1914-D, 1915-S, 1922-D, 1923-S, 1924-D, 1926-S, 1931-D, 1931-S, 1932-D, 1933 and 1933-D.
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[:p] I believe all members here wish they were in your shoes, searching through a large bag of unsearched wheat pennies!! [:p]
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Originally posted by thingee
[:p] I believe all members here wish they were in your shoes, searching through a large bag of unsearched wheat pennies!! [:p]
I would emphasize the "unsearched". Just about anyone selling wheats cents who claims unsearched is a false statement. Either they have gone through them, or they know they have been gone through so many times, it is not worth it. But there are still definately treasures to be found. A friend bought a collection of ebay, wheats, merc dimes, and other stuff. In it was a 09 S, 09S vdb, and 2 or 3 14-D'd (I cant remember now, it's been a little while... I was thinking 3 though). Also in the Mercury dimes, there was a 16-D, VG+ to F. Buying everything as scrap, he ended up on top. So may you have the best of luck in your searches. Bryan, did you ever do anything with your 55 DDO? |
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Originally posted by jdheyne
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Originally posted by thingee
[:p] I believe all members here wish they were in your shoes, searching through a large bag of unsearched wheat pennies!! [:p]
I would emphasize the "unsearched". Just about anyone selling wheats cents who claims unsearched is a false statement. Either they have gone through them, or they know they have been gone through so many times, it is not worth it.
But there are still definately treasures to be found. A friend bought a collection of ebay, wheats, merc dimes, and other stuff. In it was a 09 S, 09S vdb, and 2 or 3 14-D'd (I cant remember now, it's been a little while... I was thinking 3 though). Also in the Mercury dimes, there was a 16-D, VG+ to F. Buying everything as scrap, he ended up on top.
So may you have the best of luck in your searches.
Bryan, did you ever do anything with your 55 DDO?
But as Kerry posted he has had these pennies since his childhood and are unsearched for certain.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Originally posted by jdheyne
Bryan, did you ever do anything with your 55 DDO?
No I put it back in the box it was in, of course I put it in a airtite before I did that, I figured I would wait until I actually went through the whole lot and then if I find anything else of interest I will send them all in at once. I really have no intentions on selling it so I figured it could just wait until that time. I may even see about getting the ones I send in pedigree'd with his name if possible, but I am sure he better have some nice stuff for them to ok the pedigree but I think that would be a great thing to remember where they came from even if they get passed down to kids in the family that wasn't fortunate enough to know him |
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