One of my good customers walks into the bank and drops a bag with 18 rolls of Wheats her roommate had been saving, on my desk knowing I collect and thought I'd be interested. Why, of course!! What do you want I ask? She says $9, no time to go thru em. I get $9 for her, tell her thanks for thinking of me and she's on her way.
Well, tonight I went thru all those rolls and it was the most fun I had with coins in AGES. I'll list a complete date/mintmark total after a contest I'm running. Only about 20-25 coins were damaged beyond keeping, with the deadly green copper scum. i'll toss those back into circulation. Some very nice coins, a 1920 & 1930 in VF+, many of the teens in F or slightly better. A dozen or so 57 & 58's in AU to low MS, some mostly red.
dozens of coins from the late 30's on up in VF-XF.
I had such a good time with this, I feel coin revitalized.
Full Version: Fun with Wheat cents
That's a great find. Hope you're enjoying them. Wish I had read this before I entered the contest. 
Wow, you got lucky on that one! Congrats!
Totals by date & mintmark
1909-1
1910-1
1912-2
1912D-1
1914-2
1916-2
1917-4
1918-6
1919-7
1919S-1
1920-10
1921-1
1924-1
1925-7
1926-3
1927-8
1928-3
1929-2
1930-8
1932D-1
1933-1
1934-7
1935-8
1935D-1
1936-13
1936D-2
1937-11
1938-4
1939-20
1940-19
1940D-1
1941-23
1941D-2
1941S-1
1942-22
1942D-3
1942S-1
1943-2
1944-43
1944D-7
1944S-2
1945-37
1945D-5
1946-61
1946D-11
1946S-21
1947-8
1947D-5
1947S-2
1948-12
1948D-2
1949-10
1949D-3
1950-8
1950D-13
1950S-4
1951-21
1951D-31
1952-8
1952D-29
1953-14
1953D-33
1953S-1
1954-2
1954D-19
1954S-1
1955-6
1955D-31
1956-25
1956D-62
1957-10
1957D-68
1958-22
1958D-36
1909-1
1910-1
1912-2
1912D-1
1914-2
1916-2
1917-4
1918-6
1919-7
1919S-1
1920-10
1921-1
1924-1
1925-7
1926-3
1927-8
1928-3
1929-2
1930-8
1932D-1
1933-1
1934-7
1935-8
1935D-1
1936-13
1936D-2
1937-11
1938-4
1939-20
1940-19
1940D-1
1941-23
1941D-2
1941S-1
1942-22
1942D-3
1942S-1
1943-2
1944-43
1944D-7
1944S-2
1945-37
1945D-5
1946-61
1946D-11
1946S-21
1947-8
1947D-5
1947S-2
1948-12
1948D-2
1949-10
1949D-3
1950-8
1950D-13
1950S-4
1951-21
1951D-31
1952-8
1952D-29
1953-14
1953D-33
1953S-1
1954-2
1954D-19
1954S-1
1955-6
1955D-31
1956-25
1956D-62
1957-10
1957D-68
1958-22
1958D-36
WOW
And think Rare yet?
QUOTE(Rotten Rodney @ Apr 10 2007, 07:28 PM) [snapback]316593[/snapback]
And think Rare yet?
What?
I guess you got your $9 worth.
Awesome! Good job man!
That's a fun find. Nice selection too.
It was fun. And I looked long & hard at the 1914, for any trace of a D mintmark.
Again it goes to show that coins like this are out there. If the woman didn't know me, she would've cashed them in at any bank to get the $9.
Again it goes to show that coins like this are out there. If the woman didn't know me, she would've cashed them in at any bank to get the $9.
Sounds like you had yourself a great deal of fun 
and pulled some lovely coins 
De Orc
and pulled some lovely coins De Orc
Wow, that is awesome! Nice finds too!
Phoenix
Phoenix
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