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linspekin
New Member
USA
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 Posted - 04/20/2010 : 21:40:38
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I wanted to say how much I have enjoyed this forum for the past year or so..I have learned alot from all of you...I have never posted anything, so this is my first...I thought everyone might like to hear about today's find...ever since I was a kid(a long time ago), I have always looked for wheat pennies..I even began sorting boxes of pennies a couple of years ago for the copper ones...even splurged and bought a ryedale about a year ago...I have found the normal percentage of wheats per box(as everyone else does)...but today, my local BB&T bank called me and told me they had extra rolls of pennies that someone dropped off...they always keep a look out for anything unusual for me...she said I think that some of them are wheats...so I stopped by on my lunch and picked them up...I opened up the first roll...ALL WHEATS!!!!...the second..the same...the third..so on and so on....all wheats...$41 dollars worth...plus $10 dollars worth of pre-1960 nicklels including two silver war bickels...my best day to date for wheats, BY FAR!!!...thought everyone might enjoy my day....
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UDEric
Penny Pincher Member
USA
202 Posts |
Posted - 04/20/2010 : 21:49:19
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| 4100 Wheaties! That's a great find |
"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth" |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 04/20/2010 : 22:00:54
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Bully!
Thanks for the post. That's very exciting. |
Come to the new and improved realcent: http://realcent.org
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2408 Posts |
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coppernicus
Penny Collector Member
USA
383 Posts |
Posted - 04/20/2010 : 22:24:44
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| Wow great find! |
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Nickelless
Administrator
USA
5580 Posts |
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EL CENTAVO
Penny Sorter Member
USA
31 Posts |
Posted - 04/20/2010 : 22:42:49
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| Very nice! |
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NDFARMER
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1197 Posts |
Posted - 04/20/2010 : 23:28:17
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| Welcome and great finds. It is always nice to get wheats and silver for face value. |
COPPER - the "poormans" precious metal!!!
SELLING - $100.00 face copper shipped to you for $189.00 machine rolled or bagged - PM me if your interested. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2010 : 00:53:16
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Welcome to the forum linspekin! Great first post! What took you so long to join?  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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dp2007
Penny Pincher Member
130 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2010 : 07:21:28
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| Right spot, right time. Good job. |
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goodcoin
Penny Sorter Member
42 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2010 : 07:56:26
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| Wow! $41 in wheats and $10 in pre-1960 nickels. Don't think you can top that. Must have been part of a collection. I would be checking rare dates on wheats. Awesome find. |
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2212 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2010 : 10:50:25
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| You need to buy the tellers some goodies. |
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harley1
Penny Pincher Member
140 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2010 : 10:57:21
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sweet...and welcome aboard
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Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday. |
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2010 : 12:15:04
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Glad to have you final join us in posting, linspekin.
That is an awesome find you picked up. Do reward your tellers.
Be sure to post any pre-40 wheats in the tracking thread for them.
Also, check those nickels carefully for the key dates of 1938D, 1938S, 1939D, 1939S and the big one is 1950D. The nickels have a tracking thread too, as well as the war nickels being reported in the silver tracking thread.
Continued success to you.
Enjoy your coin searches, everyone. 
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Shattered
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
523 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2010 : 13:35:10
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| This is the kind of pick-up I dream of. Congrats! |
"I need metal in my life, just like an eagle needs to fly."
-Joseph DeMaio : Die For Metal |
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linspekin
New Member
USA
2 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2010 : 20:46:06
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After almost five hours of checking dates, I finally have a tally of wheats...whoever had these before must have know what they were doing...no rare dates, very few d or s mintmarks especially before 1940....maybe I will get lucky and the bank will call with those...I can at least wish!!!
Here is the run down:
2-1911
1-1913
1-1916
1-1917
2-1918
6-1919
1-1919s
14-1920
3-1923
1-1924
3-1925
3-1927
2-1929
2-1930
9-1934
12-1935
35-1936
1-1936d
20-1937
7-1938
9-1939
1-1940s
1-1945s
1-1950s
4-1951s
1-1953s
1-1954s
The rest were common date 40's and 50's....off to find more!!!!!! |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2010 : 20:48:48
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linspekin, welcome and congratulations on the finds. Keep up the searches!
Deal |
Live free or die.
Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
- Samuel Adams |
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PointOmega
Penny Sorter Member
50 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2010 : 21:07:56
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| I'm turning copper-green with envy! |
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Common Cents
Penny Sorter Member
82 Posts |
Posted - 04/22/2010 : 13:54:25
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I would say that a windfall like that merits coming out of the shadows!
I guess that's kinda what spurred me to register and start posting too. There's not many places where you can brag and boast about your penny sorting finds without folks thinking that you're nuts. Welcome to the forum and congrats on your awesome score. |
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twentybux
Penny Pincher Member
174 Posts |
Posted - 04/22/2010 : 14:27:01
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Nuts is only a relative term. Even if I am nuts, I feel I am in great company!
linspekin- Welcome aboard...better yet, welcome to the family. The wisdom, comradery and mannerisms within this forum is the best I have ever found in any niche, much less coins or metals. Pull up a chair, join in and soak up the knowledge!
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First Post...I had to share today's Find..
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Let us know if you find any nice pre-1940's dates in there 
