10 lbs of wheat pennies in route from USMINT.com

Years ago I lived in Washington State. I had a LCS that was awesome. They had a large box that sat on the bottom shelf. I was in there a lot, sometimes just to hang out and talk. Lots of fond memories too. That box contained Wheat Cents. If you can in and sold, they just through them in the box. If you wanted to buy, they came out of the box.

The LCS didn't look at them. To many and not enough time. Not worth their time either they said. Try buying some rim a LCS. You may get lucky. I did at that time in my life. No key dates but a number of semi-keys and hard to find dates. It was fun and inexpensive.

 

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There is no simple way - stop at yard sales in older sections of town & ask if the seller has any old coins inside that he/she would like to sell - offer a few cents over melt value for silver and face value for the cents - those mixed lots of oldies in cigar boxes and mason jars will be unsearched and might yield something interesting, if not valuable - patience and lots of legwork are key. Good luck in your search for the unsearched wheaties

 

The craigslist thing isn't bad thinking, but you should maybe advertise 3 cents each and promote it as "empty out your penny jar" I would also go to their house rather than have them come to mine. Good luck

 

don't waste your money they have been gone thru lots of times

 

Yeah i would not be comfortable advertising ppl to come to my home where they know i like valuable coins. I'd bet within a month that would be it before a break in.

 

You know the sad thing. My Grandmother, Grandfather and all their brothers and sisters all the did on weekends was play cards and sort/trade coins. I mean HOARDS of coins. I remember as child not being allowed in the kitchen b/c they smoked cigarettes. Years later when my grandfather died we took in my grandmother and of course with her came came the same antique chest she had as long as i can remember. One of the ones where a few large draws took a basic type key. As a child of the great depression she kept all (well, a lot) of her cash in there and jars and jars of all types of coins and coin rolls. At the time i had no interest. It never occurred to me how happy she would be to prob sit and just flip through some memories for her.

After she past, while the family was figuring out what to do with her things, my junkie cousin stole most everything of value and gone forever will it be. Terrible.

 

The rare coin in the group has been used for many rolls and bags specials on eBay and Etsy, etc. Most people who buy bags of cents as beginners and would not know the characteristics of a fake 1914-D. here is aliexpress line of 1914-D, 3 different groups. One, many would suspect,(2) the fingerprint one, not as many would suspect a misleading print. The third one is very dark and appears a little corrosion on surface, so many would think it skipped through separation or the owner didn't think it would be worth while, Obviously not saying all such cases of discovery are fake, just be careful.

1914-D better grade appearance: https://es.aliexpress.com/item/100-...Wheat-Ear-Reverse-rare-dates/32445579798.html

1914-D lighter color, fingerprint: https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1914-D-Lincoln-Wheat-Cent-Penny/756977642.html

1914-D ( deeper color , wear) https://es.aliexpress.com/item/United-States-1914-D-Lincoln-Head-Cent-copy-coins/1903372658.html

 

Someone on this thread mentioned buying 1914 D's for $5 which got me thinking about a few upgrades i'd like to make... so off to Ebay to see if there is anything worth researching. I came across 2 separate ads for these 1944 D, crafted down to look like a 1914 D. I only get my essentials in the two reputable slabs but these fakes are out there for $50.
Needless to say, that was just aggravating enough to move onto some Nickels for now.

 

If you look that over carefully you can see why it is a 44. Sometimes wisdom comes in the face of defeat. but it is up to you to learn from it.
Sorry you got taken but do you really want someone else to see the same fate. The coin you posted is pretty obvious. I'd chalk it up as a learning lesson.

 

i get that and I don't claim to the most educated in or hobby. There are really so many facets that i doubt there cod ever be one person that can say they know more than someone else if not limiting to a certain serious.
Although, that 1944 would not have fooled me. when i make reasonable expenditures i use PCGS or NGC plus i went a bit overboard on my collection of optics. Let's see, right now i have a 6x. a couple of 10x loupes, a 20x an 11.5, a 17.5, a 30x )a ten and two together) and finally my 'Plugable 2.0 digital USB scope' that i recommend to anyone. it's 0x to 200x perfect for anything in our hobby and takes great digital pics too.
That being said only by being burned a few times have i learned my most valuable lessons.

 

Here is another lesson i learned. I received 5 lbs of those wheaties yesterday. the other 5 lbs will be going back. That might have been the most depressing 1.5 hours of my coin life. All 40's, 50's, NOT A SINGLE KEY KATE, SEMI KEY, NOTHING NOTABLE. Not even a couple nice Reds. Many unreadable Mint marks even under magnification. That bag as for the low price of $85 or so + $10 for shipping.

The most valuable thing that was in there was the little felt carrying case.

So word to the wise, paying more does not mean they are truly searched. It means you have been truly taken advantage of.

 

I think you were warned by a few people ...

 

Consider it a learning experience. As others have said in the past, think of it as a tuition payment in the school of numismatics. We've all been there at one time or another