20,000 Cents Search Results

[Saor Alba]

Wheats

Date

1912-D 1 - A nice original VG-F coin!

1919 1

1925 1

1926 1

1930 1

1934 1

1935-D 1

1937 1

1939 1

1940 1

1940-D 1

1941-D x 2

1941 x 4

1942 x 3

1944-S x 1

1944-D x 1

1944 x 3

1945 x 3

1946-D x 2

1946 x 4

1947-D x 3

1948 1

1949 1

1949-D 1

1950-D 1

1950 x 2

1951-D x 1

1951 x 1

1952-D x 3

1952 1

1953-D 1

1954-D 1

1955-D 1

1955 1

1956 x 3

1956-D x 8

1957 x 2

1957-D x 10

1958 x 1

1958-D x 6

 

Totals: 83

 

San Francisco Memorials

1968 x 8

1969 x 8

1970 x 10

1971 x 6

1972 11

1973 5

1974 14

 

Total: 62

 

Misc Coins

1978-D Gold Plated

Dimes 2 x

 

Bermuda

1986

 

Canada

George V

1925 1 Million minted, rare date

1933

 

Totals: 2

 

George VI

1941 1

1944 1

1945 1

1947 1

1949 1

1951 1

1952 1

 

Totals 7

 

 

Elizabeth II - YH

1955 1

1957 x 2

1958 1

1959 1

1960 x 2

1961 x 2

1962 x 10

1963 x 9

1964 x 17

 

Totals: 45

 

 

1967 Centennial x 7

 

Sweden

50 Ore 2008 same diametre as a cent, but slightly thicker

[thedeadpoint]

How long did it take you?

 

Are you going to look for die varieties now?

[Art]

Neat search. The finds are great. I'm not sure that I have the patience for that anymore.

[Saor Alba]

How long did it take you?

 

Are you going to look for die varieties now?

 

 

This was the last three weeks worth of searches, I do 2-3 boxes a week. A box takes about 1.5 hours to go through. After I mine out the bronze coins from before 1982, usually about a 3rd of the coins, and all the "finds", then I turn the rest over to my daughters and they go through the bronze and the zincolns for varieties, RPM's etc. Those finds are theirs. I do know my eyes must be slipping, they found 28 of the S-mint cents in the bronzes and gave back the dregs after they were finished with harvesting for their Whitmans.

[ccg]

A Canadian '25 cent ?!

[Finn235]

Impressive finds! Sadly, the best find I've ever made from roll searching with pennies was the 4 dimes I found in one roll (in terms of profit) or the Norwegian 50 Ore 1997 (for the neat factor).

 

One question, though... I have also been mining copper; mostly through my work. But now that I have amassed roughly 40 pounds of old copper pennies, I had to ask myself: How can I get the copper value out of them? It's been illegal to melt them for a while now, and I can't find metal traders who are willing to trade them as bullion coins, similarly to silver.

[KoRnholio]

I recently just did a 5 box (12,500 pennies) search myself. Mostly copper mining for pre-1997 Canadian copper, but I pulled out a few interesting ones too:

 

- About 25% of all the coins were 1996+earlier Canadian 98% copper cents

- Quite a few pre-1982 USA copper cents as well, 3 rolls worth.

- About 15 wheat cents (I used a bunch to plug holes in my Lincoln date set, have about 6 left over)

- 15 pre-1953 KG VI cents

- about 4 rolls worth of 1953-1964 copper cents, two 1960's have a lot of luster, EF-AU grade

 

- World coins:

Ireland 1980 1 pence (I thought someone had glued the coins inside the wrapper or something as the diameter is so much larger that it was quite stuck in the wrapper)

France 1999 2 Euro

Singapore 2002 10 cents

 

- Misc.

1974 Lincoln cent with graffiti: initials "SC" inside an outline of the state of South Carolina, just in front of Lincoln's nose.

 

A couple dimes mixed in with the pennies

 

8 of the new USA shield cents

5 "log cabin" cents

2 more of this series, not sure of the name, with Lincoln standing left of the Whitehouse

 

1965 Canada cent, Variety #4 (Large Beads, Pointed 5) in VF+. Filled a long time hole in my collection. Worth a few bucks.

 

 

Searched probably 80 1985 pennies and didn't find a single one with the pointed 5 variety. Might have to give up and buy one off the 'Bay for $10-20.

 

Was searching for 2006 magnetic and 2006P non-magnetic cents, didn't find any. Trend value of $100+ in unc for those.

 

I am currently just finishing up the rolling of the "rejects" now. I've just been shoveling them into the old wrappers and stopping (+/- 1 coin) when it looks like I've hit the old mark of where they sat. I think I can roll about a box (2500) in 40 minutes with this method.

 

 

Impressive finds! Sadly, the best find I've ever made from roll searching with pennies was the 4 dimes I found in one roll (in terms of profit) or the Norwegian 50 Ore 1997 (for the neat factor).

 

One question, though... I have also been mining copper; mostly through my work. But now that I have amassed roughly 40 pounds of old copper pennies, I had to ask myself: How can I get the copper value out of them? It's been illegal to melt them for a while now, and I can't find metal traders who are willing to trade them as bullion coins, similarly to silver.

 

Yeah I have wondered this myself. I know of one guy who is interested in buying copper pennies as bullion, but I don't know if I want to part with my copper anywhere near spot given the time it has taken me to "mine" it, lol. I am sure in the not too distant future it will be legal to melt them. With the 98% copper Canadian cets though, the remaining 2% is mostly zinc, which I think I have heard makes it harder/more expensive to refine.

[Saor Alba]

People sell the bronze on fleaBay. Aside from people buying and selling them as they are, it is still illegal to melt the pre-1982s in the USA - I am not sure about Canada, but I do know that the RCM is actively pulling older 5 cent coins out of circulation and melting them for their nickel content.

 

I have about 600lbs of bronze in the form of cents, USA and Canadian.

 

I like searching through the boxes, it it is a bit like a lottery, especially when you find stuff like the '12-D that you can pop into your Whitman folder.

[ccg]

the RCM is actively pulling older 5 cent coins out of circulation and melting them for their nickel content.

 

Not just the 5c but all of the pure nickel coins are being culled. A typical roll of quarters these days will rarely have more than 10% nickel quarters, if even.

[Saor Alba]

Not just the 5c but all of the pure nickel coins are being culled. A typical roll of quarters these days will rarely have more than 10% nickel quarters, if even.

 

 

I get lots of the nickel 25 centers in the USA - probably about an average of 10% of my change is Canadian at any given time. Not such a bad thing me thinks, I even get GVI cents in change from time to time. Canadian change is a veritable Mecca for older cents. What with the currencies nearly at parity I am not quite as averse to taking Canadian 25 cent coins anymore.