I went to a local bank and purchased a $25 box of pennies. Over has of that box was older than 1981 so that was my first good thing. I also found a error coin where about 1/3 of the coin is stamped off the coin! That was exciting to me. I also found about 20 wheat pennies also. I am happy for my first run and I have my eyes open big for these big error coins that are floating around out there. Eric
I have searched alot of junk silver but I still havent had the privledge of finding anything pre 65 yet. I will continue looking to start my 90% silver coin collection.
I get so excited to find a 90% copper penny and extremely excited over wheat pennies. I may have a heart attack over a 90% silver. The small things in life that get us excited......Sad thing is I am only 36!
I was able to get me a few more 30-50's wheat pennies today. I would say another 20 or so. I am going to start making my own wheat penny rolls soon. I am also starting to look at mercury dimes as my starting into silver.
I have still much to learn and am thankful to those who have taught me in the spirit of friendship, therefore, I write this not as criticism, but as dissemination of information from one coin enthusiast to another. Technically, the term is "cent," not "penny." If you like Lincoln cents, especially wheat cents, check out www.lincolncentresource.com
I appreciate you correcting me on that. I have tried hard to use cents instead of pennies and pennies describe so many years. I will definately be using that link alot!!! Thanks again.
When I was about 10 I remember going to the bank with a $5 bill and asking for 5 dollars in pennies with the idea of hunting through them for good one then returning the rest later. I had never heard of anyone doing that before but I was sure it was somehow breaking the law so I was a bit nervous when I asked the teller for the pennies. She look at me expressionlessly and asked if I was looking for old pennies. I froze up, terrified that she had seen through my brilliant scheme and I had been caught. I thought about running but she already had my $5 and there was the problem of the camera which had certainly captured my picture. So after a long pause I gambled and told her the truth. Weakly I said "yes" hoping I would get off with just a warning. She reached into her register and started pulling out rolls that were labeled 1920's, 1930's and 1940's and handed me $4 in old wheat backs plus a dollar in normal change. I thought I had hit the jackpot! Apparently someone had sorted all those Lincoln cents by year and then just cashed them in at face value. Even though that was back around 1976 that was still a huge find for me and a big boost to my Lincoln cent collection. Despite that initial success I never tried that again at any bank. I figured out it was legal but I guess I thought I would never get that lucky again. But I do check my change and I found a 1918 Lincoln a few months ago. Maybe a sign that I should start up again, especially since I have kids now that I can made to the work for me.
When I went the other day to Wells Fargo and asked for a $25 box of penny "cents" (lonegunlawyer see that I am trying and the lady asked why I needed that much. At that time my son's school was running a penny pooluza for a prize at the end of the month and well my son is the winner so far with bringing in the most.
So they don't give you rolls anymore only boxes? You should post a picture of your off center cent. I would like to see that. Great find.