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Valued Member
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Anyone seeing alot of these in your penny sorts? I know I have, and it's amazing to me the condition varieties you get while sorting.
I finally got a ryedale, and have been going through the copper box and pulling out all nice shiny coins to make sure they're not zincs. So far I've found 5-10 wheats that were red or red/brown. All from the 50s mind you, but they're absolutely beautiful to look at. I'm curious if this is a common thing or something I should feel extra special about.
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Pillar of the Community
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Well, with having a Ryedale I assume you go through a large quantity of cents. I have gone through about $500 in cents so far and have found one "red" Wheat cent. It sounds like you are either lucky or are doing a large volume. As I have said before, it is all about volume. What seems impossible in one box of cents is inevitable in ten thousand. |
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Not really , maybe $100 worth of pennies. Found around 5-8 that were red or red-brown , then maybe another 15-20 that were normal wheats. Oldest one out of the bunch was a 1927-S.
Edited by schockergd
09/05/2011 8:01 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Where have you come into a hundred dollars worth of wheats?
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Valued Member
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Bit of a mistake there, I meant to say $100 worth of pennies :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've done 36 boxes, or $900 and I only have 1 red wheat.
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Pillar of the Community
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Then yes I would say you are VERY lucky....post some pics....we would all love to see. It is OK to brag a bit on here when you have finds like that
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Valued Member
United States
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All of them are in about this shape :  |
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Rest in Peace
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Red wheats are always nice.
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Pillar of the Community
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The only one I found was in this shape:   |
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Rest in Peace
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I got six cents in the Coinstar return. One was a red 2006 Canadian.
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Pillar of the Community
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Check out this topic I started last month for some additional comments regarding how common this sort of thing is: https://goccf.com/t/95481Edited by barryg
09/06/2011 11:13 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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You may have just hit a pile of coins that were taken from coin collections and deposited in a bank. With the economy the way it's been, this happens way more than people hear or read about.
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Red wheats are always nice. Absolutely. Nice finds!  |
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