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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lkeigwin, post: 1187227, member: 30400&quot;]Right. For the entire wheaties series there are only 66 MS68&#039;s, and four dates alone have more than half of them. As rls says, there&#039;s only a single MS69. It belongs to Stewart Blay and it is incredible. The obverse is below.</p><p><br /></p><p>Talking PCGS, here. NGC has awarded many more lofty grades. But still, MS68 is very difficult. So don&#039;t waste any more time looking for 68RD &#039;49-S cents, kangayou.</p><p><br /></p><p>You may be onto something but as I said earlier I don&#039;t pay too much attention to the late Wheaties.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can tell you that of the 50+ 67RD&#039;s I own many of them have their weaknesses. There are random strike issues and of course copper is tough love, being a reactive metal subject to spotting and color change.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t noticed that this &#039;49-S is much different from adjacent years and MM&#039;s, though. At one time, as I&#039;m sure you know, Philly kept the good planchets and sent the ugly stuff to the branch mints (or so we&#039;re told). I doubt that was a problem after the mid-30&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are some knowledgable collectors here who may have better information.</p><p><br /></p><p>You might want to ask Roger Burdette (&quot;RWB&quot; on the PCGS and NGC forums) if he has information. Roger is something of an expert about Mint operations and has written many great articles about his research and findings. Fascinating stuff, I think.</p><p>Lance.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/Not%20my%20stuff/8aadb80e.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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