Wheat Cent Trivia Question!!!

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by huntsman53, Jul 1, 2009.

  1. huntsman53

    huntsman53 Supporter**

    I thought that I would throw a little trivia question out there and see how many folks answer it correctly or get close. I will wait a few days to post the answer or post an acknowledgement when it is correctly answered!

    Question: When is a searched Wheat Cent considered to be unsearched?


    Frank
     
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  3. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    When it is on eBay!
     
  4. Art

    Art Numismatist?

    When it's been searched for date and mm but not for varieties.
     
  5. hontonai

    hontonai Registered Contrarian

    In the buyer's dreams.
     
  6. tmoneyeagles

    tmoneyeagles Indian Buffalo Gatherer

    Never, because all coins have been searched through at one time.
    If they have been in a bag for 20 years, well, somebody put them in there, and read the dates and saw, and just because somebody comes and picks it up, makes it unsearched to them, but not completely unsearched, and it becomes searched, once the coins are taken out and looked at.
     
  7. huntsman53

    huntsman53 Supporter**

    No correct answers yet but keep trying! You will need to think outside the box to get this one!


    Frank
     
  8. MattJW

    MattJW 7 Iron Surgeon

    My sentiments exactly.
     
  9. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    Okay, I say:
    When you search your pocket for change to pay at the register (store) and count it out without looking and spend a wheatie.

    You searched for the change, and it was unsearched (for a wheatie).
     
  10. CamaroDMD

    CamaroDMD [Insert Clever Title] Supporter

    Dang it, you stole my answer. :(
     
  11. krispy

    krispy krispy

    When the searched wheat cent is pulled from circulation then resold without the seller having searched for key dates, errors, etc. making the searched coin fully un-searched... which is a good find for a buyer, esp. if it's been procured for minimal cost per the special attributes.
     
  12. PennyGuy

    PennyGuy US and CDN Copper

    When it is found?
     
  13. huntsman53

    huntsman53 Supporter**


    PennyGuy,

    Close but can you elaborate a little more on the answer?


    Frank
     
  14. When its found, in the ground???(or still in the ground)
     
  15. ziggy9

    ziggy9 *NEC SPERNO NEC TIMEO*

    When it is metal detected
    Richard
     
  16. ziggy9

    ziggy9 *NEC SPERNO NEC TIMEO*

    We need a second indicator to find out just how close we were in posting
     
  17. PennyGuy

    PennyGuy US and CDN Copper


    I'm Thinking :rolling:

    That didn't work :smile

    Must be too late for me, nothing else is coming to mind
     
  18. huntsman53

    huntsman53 Supporter**

    Well, I am going to give it to PennyGuy, Rollhunter1994 and ziggy9!

    The full answer was to Metal Detect (Search) and find a Wheat Cent that had been buried pretty much since it was produced and which has a high probability that it was unsearched for Errors and Varieties.

    Thanks everyone for the participation! Maybe I can come up with another, much harder Trivia Quiz later and offer a nice Error or Variety coin as a prize to the person that gets the answer.


    Frank
     
  19. PennyGuy

    PennyGuy US and CDN Copper


    Thanks Frank, but I have to admit that I wasn't thinking of "detecting" type of search. Still, it was fun. :D
     
  20. micheldura2

    micheldura2 Senior Member

    when it is found, it was searched, when you pass it on it becomes unsearchable by the next person. Keeping it in circulation
     
  21. micheldura2

    micheldura2 Senior Member

    didn't notice I was too late,..my bad...
     
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