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Neckro
1000+ Penny Miser Member
Saudi Arabia
2080 Posts |
Posted - 07/13/2010 : 00:29:59
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| I just started my wheats. =/ Only got 7/144 |
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TheJonasCollegeFund
Penny Collector Member
USA
381 Posts |
Posted - 07/13/2010 : 00:31:03
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| Isn't it said that one man's junk is another man's treasure? |
MD Totals: Started Aug16th.(Updated Sept10th) 819 clad/cu coins/$41.13
Quarters-78
Dimes-122+1 silver roosie (1957)
Nickels-81 (56d,53d)
Copper Pennies-147
Zinc Pennies-386
Wheats-5 (36,36,46,46d,50d) |
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Cerulean
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
993 Posts |
Posted - 07/13/2010 : 13:19:40
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| I started filling wheat penny folders in 2006, and I'm about halfway done, with 71 out of 140 wheats. All but four of my holes are pre-1940. |
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G Powerbuck
Penny Collector Member
USA
256 Posts |
Posted - 07/13/2010 : 21:49:50
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| Ive always collected wheats that I saw in the wild, but I only started going through boxes and getting a bunch of them two years ago. Now I have 70 so I'm about halfway done, and still missing all of the hard ones. Finding a wheat is always fun, but its even better when it fills in one of the many holes =D |
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Shore98
New Member
USA
3 Posts |
 Posted - 07/14/2010 : 01:52:49
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| I have been collecting since I was 10 years old and have all but 1909-s VDB, 1914-d, and 1922 plain. also have most of the 1934 to 1958-d BU missing 5. |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2408 Posts |
Posted - 07/14/2010 : 13:24:47
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Originally posted by Shore98
I have been collecting since I was 10 years old and have all but 1909-s VDB, 1914-d, and 1922 plain. also have most of the 1934 to 1958-d BU missing 5.
Wow!  Are those wild finds or did you pick em up at coin shops/shows? Welcome to the forum, btw (newbie  ) |
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Numis Pam
Penny Sorter Member
USA
63 Posts |
Posted - 07/16/2010 : 03:35:25
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 Loved reading this thread. It made me want to see how many I had left to go in my childhood wheat collection. You know, the one where I thought all coins where supposed to be super shiny and so I cleaned them with comet when I was about 12...sigh (Yes I am afraid I really did do that unfortunatly) 
So I get out my folder just now and Yikes! I am missing the unlucky number of 13!!
I will defintly have to find at least one more like REALLY fast!! I wonder how many tons I am going to have to sort through to find just one of those top coins??  Maybe I better search eBay instead! Ha |
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uthminsta
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1872 Posts |
Posted - 07/16/2010 : 19:07:54
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Numis Pam... you can pretty easily find one to upgrade from one of your cleaned coins... it might take quite a while to find one of the last 13 holes.
Oh, and welcome to the quest! |
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Shore98
New Member
USA
3 Posts |
Posted - 07/17/2010 : 22:55:30
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| I found most of them, in change and rolls. The 1911-s,1913-s,1909s,and 1924-d, were purchased recently. The 1931-s XF, was purchased for $5 or less about 10 years ago. The Bu cents from 1934 to 1958 were 1/2 purchased. and 1/2 found in rolls. I did find the 1912-s in a roll I purchased for 2.50. |
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ScottyTX
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - 07/19/2010 : 15:51:27
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| Ut oh, just picked up a 1911-s and 1914-d down to the big boy now, 1909-s vdb. Some of yall really got me thinking about the 1922 no D. Maybe I'll just buy a really cheap 1922-d and take the d off myself. Pretty much the same thing eh? lol. |
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Market Harmony
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1274 Posts |
Posted - 07/19/2010 : 16:16:42
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Originally posted by ScottyTX
Ut oh, just picked up a 1911-s and 1914-d down to the big boy now, 1909-s vdb. Some of yall really got me thinking about the 1922 no D. Maybe I'll just buy a really cheap 1922-d and take the d off myself. Pretty much the same thing eh? lol.
I have a 22 weak D as my "no" D. I figure that as people would not want to pay up for the the "no" D, then perhaps there would be value to having a weak D |
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hobo finds
Penny Hoarding Member
838 Posts |
Posted - 07/19/2010 : 17:27:55
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Originally posted by ScottyTX
Ut oh, just picked up a 1911-s and 1914-d down to the big boy now, 1909-s vdb. Some of yall really got me thinking about the 1922 no D. Maybe I'll just buy a really cheap 1922-d and take the d off myself. Pretty much the same thing eh? lol.
Congrats! Enjoy some of these "wheats" while you wait to find the 09 s vdb! You must be logged in to see this link. |
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misteroman
Administrator
USA
2565 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2010 : 00:07:55
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| Can't believe dealy hasn't chimed in here. I sold him a nice wheat set a yr or so ago and wish I didn't. Only missing the big 5 and had proofs, LD/SD's up to 95 or so I think. everything above 34 was BU as well!!!!!! |
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mauk13r
Penny Sorter Member
USA
60 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2010 : 11:18:19
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| I have gotten deals on whitman folders but I would like to do a set from wild wheaties from my searches. Just haven't gotten around to going through my sorted stuff as yet. |
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Market Harmony
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1274 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2010 : 11:51:47
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Originally posted by misteroman
Can't believe dealy hasn't chimed in here. I sold him a nice wheat set a yr or so ago and wish I didn't. Only missing the big 5 and had proofs, LD/SD's up to 95 or so I think. everything above 34 was BU as well!!!!!!
I heard that he used it for target practice |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2408 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2010 : 11:44:33
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Originally posted by Market Harmony
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Originally posted by misteroman
Can't believe dealy hasn't chimed in here. I sold him a nice wheat set a yr or so ago and wish I didn't. Only missing the big 5 and had proofs, LD/SD's up to 95 or so I think. everything above 34 was BU as well!!!!!!
I heard that he used it for target practice
Yeah, I heard he made bullseye targets by supergluing BU Lincolns centered over BU CC Morgans  |
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just carl
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
601 Posts |
Posted - 07/30/2010 : 18:34:18
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Odd question in the original post. Possibly should have been who doesn't collect Wheat Cents? I suspect that possibly many millions of kids all collect them and there is a lot of kids you know. I agree most probably start with the recent Cents but then they graduate to the Wheat Backs. This is just one of the problems with collecting any coin of low mintages. Think of this. There is well over 300,000,000 people in the USA now. Imagine the percent that save Cents. Now thow in millions and millions of people in other Countries that too want to collect them. You could end up with possibly 20, 30 or more Millions of people that want to collect WheatCents.
Now with that in mind look up some of the mintage numbers of WheatCents. For example the 14D with 1,193,000 minted and think of your chances of acquiring one. Worse yet the famous 09S VDB with 484,000 minted. Just look at all the ones with less than 10 million minted and think of your chances of finding one.
My suggestion is if you do find any of those with low mintages, grab them fast but watch for fakes. That 09S VDB is one of the largest counterfeited coins on Earth.
As for me, I'm on set #10 and all completed. All in Whitman Classic Albums and each in a Zip Lock plastic bag. |
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