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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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 Posted - 03/20/2009 : 17:03:07
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As most of ya'll know I am now getting bags from the CU near my house. The percent of copper pennies is about the same at 23% but the number of wheats has increased greatly. I rolled up 8 rolls from 3 bags. Thats 400 wheats out of 15000 pennies.
2.6% if my math is correct.
This CU is right beside where an old mill is. It was over 100 years old when they tore it down a few years back. All around it is old mill houses. Our house is an old executives house that was built around 1905.
I am guessing there are still alot of people who live around the old mill that worked there their whole life and are cashing in their change jars. Maybe I need to buy a bag of quarters, nickels, and dimes and see what I can find in those. I will be asking for the halves every week till the bag is full.
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2009 : 17:06:15
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| Wish I could say the same....my wheat counts have gone down :( |
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NDFARMER
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1197 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2009 : 17:14:00
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| I agree with CoinHunter. I think my wheat percentage has gone down also, which surprises me I thought with the bad economy we might be seeing more pennies that have been sitting on top of people's dressers for years in their coin cups. |
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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2009 : 18:21:50
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My wheat percentage has gotten abysmal.
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1664 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2009 : 19:20:48
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| mine are probably the same. fb101 when you said abysmal all i could think of was abbynormal |
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highroller4321
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2648 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2009 : 21:38:09
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Slickest,
GO TO THE BANK TOMORROW and buy all their half dollars for sure!!!!!!
The older the community the more likely it is that they have older coins. Times are getting tougher for a lot of people so if they have these jars of coins just sitting around, thats usually what is first to go. People simply dont know how much stuff is worth, or simply dont take the time to find out. People are getting lazier and lazier so its simply easier for them to just go get the cash and be done with it |
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Copper Catcher
Administrator
USA
2092 Posts |
Posted - 03/21/2009 : 14:01:23
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| My wheats have done way down too...Not happy about this tend but at least it is nice to know I'm not the only one seeing this happen. |
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Posted - 03/21/2009 : 17:24:39
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| Mine are way up. I'm getting big numbers of wheats from the city banks. The poor community banks are where all the change jars are being cashed in. |
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1112 Posts |
Posted - 03/21/2009 : 18:36:02
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My wheat percentage is the same as the last 10 years or so, dismal.
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 03/21/2009 : 19:51:51
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Copper is up a little, but I don't pull the wheats so I'm not sure about those.
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Mikep2020
Penny Collector Member
USA
402 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2009 : 07:43:13
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| Wheats are down for me as well, before I was getting 25-30 wheats per box, now its around 10-15 per box. |
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vrbsroma
Penny Collector Member
394 Posts |
Posted - 03/23/2009 : 10:39:14
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I haven't been in the game too long, but I average about one wheat per three bank rolls. Is that close to what you all are seeing?
On a side note, it would help to know what city/state/region everyone is from in a forum like this. I was thinking of putting together a graph/table to determine which state/region gets the best percentages. Interesting idea worth exploring... |
As far as I know, it is stated "In God We Trust" on the US dollar. How can I trust this currency if I do not believe in God?
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Posted - 03/26/2009 : 17:47:28
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| I just sorted a brinks box yesterday. I got 18 wheats with the oldest being a 1934. |
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vrbsroma
Penny Collector Member
394 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2009 : 12:43:28
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Originally posted by CuproNickle
I just sorted a brinks box yesterday. I got 18 wheats with the oldest being a 1934.
I see slightly fewer per box, but still a very respectable percentage! I'm hoping more people don't catch on to roll hunting... |
As far as I know, it is stated "In God We Trust" on the US dollar. How can I trust this currency if I do not believe in God?
Possession is nine-tenths of the law.
When I give my two cents, they're always copper! |
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