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Valued Member
United States
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Is it still possible... Best way to find?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is still possible but highly unlikely. If you look down at the bottom of my post you will see that my oldest circulation find is a 1907 IHC. Edited by Tim Stroud
04/30/2011 3:43 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I've found 2 IHCs (also 2 V nickels, 15 Buffaloes & 1 Barber dime) after searching thousands of rolls over 4 years |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
687 Posts |
Yes and you've got to search a massive amount of cents for them. Much cheaper to buy them from a dealer :) As far as older designs go (not counting LMC), I'd say Buffalo nickels and Franklin halves are the most common. I've found 5-6 Mercury dimes and 1 Barber dime in circulation too, but that was like in 50 boxes or so last year. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you search long enough, you'll find them. When I first started searching cents with my little brat (affectionately speaking, of course) about four or five years ago he pulled a 1909-S IHC from a $50 bank bag. To date, we've found about seven or eight IHCs, mostly just out of rolls. |
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 United States
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I beat the odds and found an 1895 Indian Head cent this morning in a bank roll of cents. You can see it here: https://goccf.com/t/87448Keep on searching ... it's a fun treasure hunt and you never know what the next roll might bring. David |
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United States
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Absolutely it is possible. But as already mentioned, you will need to search in mass quantities. Unless you get ultra lucky and find a dumped collection.
I have found 9 in the 3 years I have been searching.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm doing a box of cents per week, but haven't found one yet. Just as everyone else said: volume, volume, volume...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
659 Posts |
I have heard that you get about 1 per $1000 in pennies.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I usually accumulate coins from change and eventually take to the bank. Just for the fun of it, I usually throw in some Wheat back cents and occationally an Indian cent. Collecting for over 60 years has given me a large quantity of just stuff so placing one or more in those bags is fun. Unfortuaately many home invasions are where other coins come from. Criminals just dump coins from robberies where they can. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've found two IHC's in the past 6 months...1889 and 1907 if I recall correctly...then there was the guy that posted an 1872 he got in change from a restaurant not too long ago. |
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Pillar of the Community
967 Posts |
I have found more than five this year. The oldest 1866. They are still out there and I'm Still Lookin.
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Valued Member
 United States
289 Posts |
How would you get a IHC in a $50 Bag... Wouldnt it reject that? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
931 Posts |
I got an Indian Head cent in change at a convenience store about 3 years ago. The cashier was a sixteen year old kid who said " That's a weird penny." I was pretty happy about that one! Edited by junior e
05/01/2011 10:51 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is possible to find Indian Head cents...I have found two in rolls in the last three years..a 1906 and the best was a 1899!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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coin counting machines sort by composition and diameter rather than by design, so virtually all machines will accept copper Indian Head cents from 1864 and onward but some machines will reject copper nickel cents made before 1864 |
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Posted 04/30/2011 3:52 pm
