5,000 Wheat Pennies for $200 ?

Sounds like a good deal to me also!:yes:

 

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wooo 21.5 hrs till i get the coins

 

Is the anticipation killing ya yet?

 

And here's a little carrot to chase/incentive, this was my last couple bags. I posted this in the Coin Roll Hunting Forum, so it's usually hidden from the general threads. Enjoy the stats!

http://www.cointalk.com/t205025/

 

Darn you, now I'm going crazy since I have to wait till tomorrow!
Good thing I got out of working my shift tomorrow at the restaurant , guess what I'm doing all day.

 

That's okay, a little word of advice to you...make sure you have a good magnifier and have doubleddie.com bookmarked on your smartphone or computer. I doubled my money on those two bags

 

I'll be happy if I double my money, I'll have to buy the other 4 bags if the first 1 is good.

 

5,000 wheats went for $259 shipped on ebay

Woo less than 12 hrs

 

I know your east coast and all, but you guys get your mail early.

 

Well good news, I met up with him and he didn't rob me .. No mail for me.

 

That's good, I can't stand one of those Craigslist transactions gone wrong stories. Like Greg said, I want to see a pic of each coin

 

Well lucky me all 40's 50's so far, (1) 1920 and (1) 1936 so far

 

How are the condition of the coins? Are they mostly F12 and below?

 

All different conditions, im going to jump the gun even though im only half way through the coins and say its mostly 40's 50's.

How much can I get for a roll of 40's or 50's on fee bay?

 

If you say it's a roll of 40's and 50's, then you might get $2 for it. If you say its and UNSEARCHED roll of 40's and 50's, then you can get $2.50-$3. If you say its an UNSEARCHED roll from your great grandfather's depression age hoard of 5000 cents and you throw in a few mercury dimes and BU cents in the pictures, then you can get $6 for it.

 

And that's just a piece of it, the key to selling these rolls is all about presentation. You need to find a crimper, some older paper rolls, and you need to practice the art of aged distressing of the paper. It's the only way you will be able to convince buyers. Apparently there are people making tons of money on these.

 

All you have to do is buy some Indians, get some bwr and very carefully uncrimp one end. Dump the cents out, slide an Indian in with the obverse showing out the end, put 48 wheaties in it, and then put the other Indian in the opposite way of the first. Carefully recrimp the one end, write 'Great Grandpa Jimmy's Wheats' on the side of the roll, and you will easily get someone to buy on eBay.

 

How did you reach that calculation?

Chris

 

Based on the coins being 95% copper they have a melt value of $.02 each