I’m not much of a roll searcher, but I do pick up a box of halves 1 or 2 times a year. After reading an article on penny searching, I got an itch to try it. I stopped by my bank and asked if I could buy a bag of pennies from the coin counting machine. I figured my chances would be better straight from the machine rather than a box of rolls from one of their suppliers. The teller said that she had worked here for 14 years, I was the first person ever to ask for that many pennies. She exclaimed “That’s 5000 pennies!!” I said, no problem. She said I would have to wait, they just filled a bag the day before and prepared it for shipment. She said it takes 2-3 days to fill a bag. My search goals were: wheat’s, 95% copper’s, DDO’s, DDR’s, CAM’s, WAM’s, and 1983’s. After searching each coin by date /mm, here’s what I pulled out: Wheat cent’s - 22, (1918 to 1956). 95%er’s - 1265. Possible DDO’s/DDR’s/CAM’s/WAM’s - 306 (after close inspection, none found) 1983’s - 27 (all weighed in as zinc) It was a good rainy day project, if I do it again, I probably wait until winter, when foul weather sets in. Happy Hunting to All, Dug13
While your are correct, I believe that the OP wasn't confused on that part. More like a the OP was looking for a wrong planchet error. There have been some 1983 LMC found on copper planchets. https://www.pcgs.com/news/1983-copper-lincoln-cents
Definitely a cool post. Here in NYC i used to average about 11 wheats from a box, so it seems like its the same everywhere. Ive become seriously interested in survival rates as of late. Not only of copper cents but of post 1965 clad stuff.
