How many wheat pennies do you have?

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  1. Mikes923

    Mikes923 New Member

    Too many to count :(
     
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  3. Error66

    Error66 Member

    As a new collector, I relish discovering wheaties in boxes of bank rolls. I have aproximately 300 including some early dates but many '50's.
     
  4. Dilly dollar

    Dilly dollar Active Member

    Cool. I coin roll hunted the other day and found a 1925!
     
  5. ron_c

    ron_c Well-Known Member

    75. Just not that much interest in wheats.

    While going through my late mom's things, found this small wooden box with 75 wheats from the 40's to 50's and 1 or 2 earlier.

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  6. Dilly dollar

    Dilly dollar Active Member

    Is the lower picture all of them spread out?
     
  7. ron_c

    ron_c Well-Known Member

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    Yes, these are the coins, plus the odds and ends that were in the box.
     
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  8. Dilly dollar

    Dilly dollar Active Member

    What are those so called odds and ends.
     
  9. ron_c

    ron_c Well-Known Member

    From left to right,

    A screw that goes to who knows what.

    Back in the 50's when you renewed your license plates, you received new plates every year back then, you would also receive 2 miniature plastic license plates for your car key ring.

    A button with a star. Whatever this button went to, it was probably thrown away from being worn out and my mom kept it just in case someone else had the same jacket or shirt.

    The token is, I think, for a bell like the ones that was used at hotels, etc to get the person attention.

    A plastic key - who knows why it was in the box.

    Last was a pin, probably used to dig thorns and splinters from my brother's and my hide.


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  10. Dilly dollar

    Dilly dollar Active Member

    Do you know why your mom had those wheat pennies?
     
  11. Dilly dollar

    Dilly dollar Active Member

    I also had to mention I do not see any pennies earlier than 1940
     
  12. ron_c

    ron_c Well-Known Member

    I have no idea why.

    From the left to right, second row, 5th coin down is 1919S
     
  13. Dilly dollar

    Dilly dollar Active Member

    Oh yeah I thought that was a 1949. Now I see it.
     
  14. triggersmob

    triggersmob World Collector

    I'm not in the U.S., I don't have as many as most of you guys.
    I have 138 in my collection (will get that 14D and 31S one day)
    and I have 30 in my swaps.
     
  15. Dilly dollar

    Dilly dollar Active Member

    Where ever you live is where your going to find the most of that type of currency right
     
  16. BostonMike

    BostonMike Senior Member

    Found a 1942 sitting on the ground at a gas station today. Unfortunately, couple vehicles ran it over before I picked it up. Oh well. Another one goes in the jar
     
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  17. Dilly dollar

    Dilly dollar Active Member

    Does it have an s mint mark. If so I'm going to go ahhhhhhh because that was the last normally easy to find date that I did not have.
     
  18. BostonMike

    BostonMike Senior Member


    Nope, just a P

    Not a bad coin save the road rash on the obverse.

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  19. Dilly dollar

    Dilly dollar Active Member

    Wofty that would have blown my head off.
     
  20. mikem2000

    mikem2000 Lost Cause

    Two, but they are both very nice.
     
  21. Dilly dollar

    Dilly dollar Active Member

    What years are they.
     
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