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Valued Member
United States
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 I've been a pretty avid roll searcher for a while, searching everything from cents to halves, and bags of the same. Discussed most of my finds over on CoinTalk, and while doing some research on the WAM, was led to this forum once again. I've lurked and read for a while, so I figured now would be a good time to jump into the fray. Anyways, sfter looking for a 1992 ClAM or 1999 WAM for a while (I'd guesstimate I've looked through ~$250 in cents), I stumbled on a minty 1999 yesterday in a customer-wrapped roll. Here's a couple pics of the coin. I know they're a bit dark (working with what I've got!) and I'll be taking some better pictures probably Sunday, since I got stuck working 6 days all day long this week, and light isn't good enough in the morning at my house to get a nice pic.   Feel free to take a stab at grading it if you'd like. I'm trying to figure out if I want it slabbed or if I should just sell it raw. Looking forward to posting about and discussing more finds with you gentlemen here.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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 Nice find. Finding a 1999 WAM after only $250 cents searched is great. There are quite a few members here who have yet to find one that have searched more then you. Congratulations! Look forward to seeing future postings of your finds. Don't forget about our female members as well in your discussions. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
602 Posts |
Still lookin for one of those. Found my 92-D roll searching. You can see it further down this topic. Great find and Welcome to the forum. WOLF
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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to the forum! That looks like a choice example. Great find! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Great Find, Congrats! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1418 Posts |
Very nice find! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
958 Posts |
FINDING A 99 IS VERY SPECIAL CONSIDER YOURSELF LUCKY YOU MIGHT NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOUR ENTIRE LIFE !
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Valued Member
United States
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Yep, still looking for that one too!
Yours looks pretty nice. I think it could go ms-64+. No obvious signs of wear and just that little hit on the reverse. I am super jealous! Well done!
Chugly
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Great coin. You done good! Get it slabbed by all means. |
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 United States
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to CCF. I am jealous,i have found the '98 and the 2000 but the '99 is eluding me.How long have you been a roll searcher?
John1 
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 United States
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Hmm, I typed up a reply, but I guess it disappeared. In my opinion, I'm guessing this is a 63 due to a couple hits under the memorial and a few rim dings on the reverse, but knowing TPG's these days, it'll go 64 because the luster is awesome. As far as slabbing it, I'm hesitant because it will have to piggyback on a dealer submission and those can take a little while... I'd prefer to just sell it right now... Might not need to sell it, though, as I just got word I should expect a much better job offer than what I currently have within a week or so. I've been roll-searching since early September... hardcore searching for WAM's and ClAM's since maybe a bit before Thanksgiving. Found a 1998, a bit dirty, to accompany this one yesterday. My finds from then to the end of 2010 were as follows; Dimes; $26,520.50 searched. 44 Mercs, 226 roosies found. One in every hundred dollars was silver. Biggest single box score was 19 Mercs and 8 Roosies in a $250 box. Best bag score was 60 silver Roosies in a $635 bag. Halves; $35,867.00 searched. 6 Walkers, 10 Franklins, 19 1964's, 149 40%'s found. One half in every $200 was silver. Best box was 1 Walker, 1 1964, and 12 40%'s. Best bag was 2 Bens and 11 40%'s in $150. Nickels; $3,926.00 searched. 1 v-nickel, 55 Buffalo nickels, and 46 War Nickels. One War Nickel per $85.35, one buff nickel per $71.30. Best War Nickel box was 4 War Nickels, and best War Nickel bag was 5 War Nickels in $135. Best buffalo box was 16 buffalos, honorable mention to a box 2 days earlier that had 14. Quarters; $6,502.00 searched. 7 silver Washington's found. One quarter every $928.75 was silver. All were distributed as the lone silver in the box. I didn't track the cents, but I'd estimate I looked through $500 or so. Pulled copper at about a 25% rate, along with a dozen or so rolls of wheat cents, and a lone IHC. Edited by Merc Crazy
01/13/2011 12:55 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sorry to inform you but you must have 250 posts before finding any 1999 WAM's. You'll have to put it back in circulation. Just kiddin and You can't sell it here yet, but let us know if you list it on ebay, be fun to see what it goes for |
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Quote:Sorry to inform you but you must have 250 posts before finding any 1999 WAM's. You'll have to put it back in circulation. 
Merc Crazy, that is a lot of coins you looked through since September. I'm suprized you can still see to type
John1
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United States
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Haha, I'm a pretty dedicated searcher. Found a 2000 WAM yesterday to complete the trifecta. That's all 3 found in my last ~$60... I think that's just an aberration... I sure hope not though! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You're hot...go get yourself some lottery tickets while you're at it.
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United States
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Nice find! I haven't found one in a while. What part of Pennsylvania did you find it. I am in York.
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Posted 01/13/2011 02:26 am
