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CoinHunter53562
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USA
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 Posted - 07/26/2009 : 22:31:44
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There was a box of 1000 mixed date wheat cents for $30. The cents looked all harshly cleaned, but otherwise didn't seem to have other problems that I could tell (it was inside a case so I couldn't look at them up close). Would anyone here have jumped on them? I thought about it, but ended up passing.
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My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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Corsair
Penny Collector Member
485 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2009 : 22:34:13
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Neckro
1000+ Penny Miser Member
Saudi Arabia
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Posted - 07/26/2009 : 22:58:16
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| Heck wheats for 3cents each. But add taxes, might've ended up costing more. |
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CoinHunter53562
Moderator
USA
1754 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2009 : 22:58:42
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Originally posted by Corsair
I would have gotten them.
I have so many ugly wheats already. I just wonder if anyone would be willing to pay more than 3 cents each for them if I decided to sell down the road. I know people here look for 4 cents each roughly delivered on average circulated wheats, but these are a lower grade than that. |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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barrytrot
Penny Collector Member
USA
410 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2009 : 08:20:05
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You can get 4 cents each any time day or night so 3 cents is a must-buy regardless of condition.
Plus: There is no such thing as ENOUGH! |
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NDFARMER
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
548 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2009 : 12:54:36
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| I would have purchased them because you could always get 3 cents for them later, and on the off chance ( you know those unsearched pennies ) there would have been any key dates in the bunch they would bring big money no matter what shape they are in. |
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Cody8404
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
546 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2009 : 17:27:48
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| If I had the extra cash in hand probably. |
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jtm3
Penny Collector Member
USA
401 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2009 : 20:41:18
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No, once they are cleaned  they are pretty much just have their copper value. |
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NDFARMER
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
548 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2009 : 20:46:19
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| I'll take any of the key dates, cleaned for copper value any day. |
COPPER - the "poormans" precious metal!!! |
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CoinHunter53562
Moderator
USA
1754 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2009 : 20:54:50
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| I think all the key dates in this lot were probably taken out as the dealer had other better coins in his case. So my thinking in not taking them was basically what jtm3 said. There's always the chance that some good dates slipped in there, but I wasn't ready to take the chance. These had that weird pinkish brown color that some harsh cleaners use. They were truly ugly coins. |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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oober
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1051 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2009 : 21:18:59
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Originally posted by CoinHunter53562
I think all the key dates in this lot were probably taken out as the dealer had other better coins in his case. So my thinking in not taking them was basically what jtm3 said. There's always the chance that some good dates slipped in there, but I wasn't ready to take the chance. These had that weird pinkish brown color that some harsh cleaners use. They were truly ugly coins.
Pinkish brown is probably from acetic acid or a long time in vinegar...
I've used acetic acid to pretty up the ugliest green cruddy LMC's... They are still ugly, but better then they were... |
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highroller4321
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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wolvesdad
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
754 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2009 : 03:22:14
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hey, three cents each just for their copper value isn't bad for a long term investment.
For the fun and chance of finding something, maybe, sure.
But tax would have been a factor. |
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PennehChaos.
Penny Collector Member
USA
267 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2009 : 11:18:00
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| I'd have passed. If they were cleaned and he was selling better dates separately, they were probably all junk. Better off buying copper LMCs for half the price. |
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Computer Jones
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
960 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2009 : 21:02:09
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If a dealer is selling cleaned Wheats (a REAL BIG NO! NO!), I wouldn't give more than melt value.
It's got to be well looked over, I truly doubt you would find any key dates. |
There's profit if you melt things!!
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sheba
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 07/29/2009 : 00:04:32
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Originally posted by Computer Jones
If a dealer is selling cleaned Wheats (a REAL BIG NO! NO!), I wouldn't give more than melt value.
It's got to be well looked over, I truly doubt you would find any key dates.
I agree. Even though they are copper, i doubt that you would have found any 'hidden treasures' among them ... probably a lot more people then we realize are sorting through wheats for those desirable dates and conditions ... IMHO
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CoinHunter53562
Moderator
USA
1754 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2009 : 00:33:38
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Ok good...sounds like my gut instinct to pass on these was probably the right move. If it had been 1000 normal average circulated wheats I would be sorting through them now and would have asked the lady at the counter for the dealer's contact info.  |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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buyingsilvers
Penny Collector Member
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Posted - 07/29/2009 : 15:55:51
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1011 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2009 : 18:10:55
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| I would have gotten them. I'm selling wheats for 6 cents each at my office. |
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Computer Jones
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
960 Posts |
Posted - 07/29/2009 : 22:28:08
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Originally posted by Tourney64
I would have gotten them. I'm selling wheats for 6 cents each at my office.
Today, one of my office colleagues just brought me 93 wheats that she said she'd been collecting and was tired of just having them sit in a jar on her window.
When I asked how much she wanted for them, she looked puzzled and said, "A penny?".
I gave her a FRN, told her to bring in any and all she finds and to keep the change.
All '40's and '50's (no doubled '55's) but hey, they're Wheats at face! |
There's profit if you melt things!!
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1011 Posts |
Posted - 07/30/2009 : 17:16:18
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