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Valued Member
United States
118 Posts |
Searching yesterday through the box of pennies I've started wondering how many wheat pennies is still in circulation. So after doing a little research here's what I've found: - Mint estimates that 140 billions pennies is currently in circulation - Other sources estimates that this number can be as high as 200 billions - Various sources estimates that around 1 out of 350 pennies in circulation is a Wheat penny- My average find in searching boxes is around 1 in 200 So after doing some math that gives between 400 and 700 millions of wheat pennies still in circulation. A lot more than I expected, but on the other hand there's around 310 millions of peoples in the USA which gives between 1.29 and 2.25 Wheat penny per person still in circulation. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
613 Posts |
There are probably more today than 10 or 20 years ago. People are spending what they have.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4212 Posts |
I just went through 2 boxes and I averaged about the same as you. Even found a rusted '43. 9 Canadians. A few weirdos. I think I'll stick to nics.
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Valued Member
United States
420 Posts |
i just went through 1,900 and found 4 wheats and 3 Canadians - so your average is higher than this box - the other 600 were 2010-P shields
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Valued Member
United States
72 Posts |
My bank roll results so far have been pretty consistent with wheats coming in around .5% also.
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Valued Member
United States
162 Posts |
I think the distribution of wheats is uneven across the U.S. Some areas seem to have a higher percentage of older coins than other areas. There is another thread on this forum about percentage of copper pennys (search for Percentages of Copper cents in your area) and it ranges from below 20% to above 30% I'd expect areas with high copper percentages would also have higher wheat percentages.
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Valued Member
 United States
118 Posts |
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i just went through 1,900 and found 4 wheats and 3 Canadians - so your average is higher than this box - the other 600 were 2010-P shields My average is over multiple boxes, I've had boxes with only 4 wheat cents but I've had also boxes with 18 wheats in them. But my average is 12-13 wheat cents in box. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2661 Posts |
I have been getting around 10-14 per box. My last box yielded 11.
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Valued Member
United States
420 Posts |
that was my first full box, I have gotten 5.00 at a time so far, I should keep a record, breakdown on wheats/other/copper/zinc- i'll start that now
I'm planning on trying to get a box every week or 2, I don't know if thats possible on my schedule but I'm going to see what I can do
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Pillar of the Community
United States
811 Posts |
i average 5 wheats per box here in kentucky.lately it has been around 8 per box later greg
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2541 Posts |
10 less after this weekend, including a 1919-S I pulled!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1213 Posts |
I probably average 4 - 5 per box, but I wind up w/ more Canadian coins than wheats. And the frustrating part of the Canadians is that they come in these rolls, but the banks counting machines kick them out & I get them back. So they can give them to me but I can't give them back. So I guess I have to just keep them. On the bright side, the Canadian pennies were copper until 1995 (I believe) so I guess the more recent ones are worth keeping for their copper value.
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Valued Member
Canada
426 Posts |
Here in Toronto I average about 5 Wheats per box, and about 2 later-year LMC's per roll. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
508 Posts |
Just went through my first box and found 8 wheats.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7123 Posts |
I know of about 30 that just re-entered circulation again in the last day or two.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
564 Posts |
Oh yeah? Trying to get some young boy onto coin collecting? I let dateless buffs go wild in hopes of someone finding it and start a coin collection.
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Posted 07/11/2010 2:47 pm
