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<p>[QUOTE="onecenter, post: 1083323, member: 8703"]I have had the good fortune to have friends in the past with large hoards of cents. I have offered to roll them if I can look through them for wheat cents, Canadian cents, any foreign coppers and S-mint-marked Lincoln cents from 1968-1974 and pay them for every cent I have found. The largest hoard I went through with my mother's assistance was a 5-gallon water bottle filled with 35,000 cents. About 2,000 wheats, Canadian and assorted British, Bahamian, Bermudian and Barbadian cents (or pennies) were found. Lots of fun!</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was in banking, one weekend more than 20 years ago, I obtained six $50 bags of cents and found over 2,300 wheats, 800 Canadian and even three Indian Head Cents, plus I purchased 74 rolls of wheat cents from a lady in Saratoga Springs.</p><p><br /></p><p>I obtained more wheat cents in October 1988 alone than I had found in circulation since I began collecting in 1969.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="onecenter, post: 1083323, member: 8703"]I have had the good fortune to have friends in the past with large hoards of cents. I have offered to roll them if I can look through them for wheat cents, Canadian cents, any foreign coppers and S-mint-marked Lincoln cents from 1968-1974 and pay them for every cent I have found. The largest hoard I went through with my mother's assistance was a 5-gallon water bottle filled with 35,000 cents. About 2,000 wheats, Canadian and assorted British, Bahamian, Bermudian and Barbadian cents (or pennies) were found. Lots of fun! When I was in banking, one weekend more than 20 years ago, I obtained six $50 bags of cents and found over 2,300 wheats, 800 Canadian and even three Indian Head Cents, plus I purchased 74 rolls of wheat cents from a lady in Saratoga Springs. I obtained more wheat cents in October 1988 alone than I had found in circulation since I began collecting in 1969.[/QUOTE]
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