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Message:: [QUOTE="Wheatcent41, post: 918858, member: 19294"]Back in the 1970's I was mowing lawns, delivering papers, and working for a local convenience store(uderage to boot). I used to take most of the money I earned and get rolls of coins from the Bank or local stores. Back then you could still find silver in the rolls. My main focus was Wheat Cents however. In the mid seventies I used to average about 5 wheats per roll or 15 to 20 in a really good roll. I just loved wheat cents. When I found out I could get bags of 5,000 from the local coin shop I thought I had conquered the world - I went on a searching spree. A bag costs $60-70 dollars back then, and that was a lot of money for something I could still get for face value by searching. I would pull out all of the 1909-1940 coins, all of the s-mint coins, and all the steel cents. The only thing from the 40-50's I kept were 1954-P's. One man at the coin shop told me, "Kid, I don't know what you are wasting your time for, but thanks for helping me get rid of these *&^% cents." The 40-50's coins went back to another coin shop in town. Yeah, you guessed it - for face value. He would remix the bags and sell them to the next 'sucker' for $60-70, so he was happy. My how times have changed. Do I still have all of those? You bet. Now who's the sucker?[/QUOTE]