What ever happened to the days of searching cents?

[Coppercrazy]

I remember when I first joined the forum it seemed like half of the posts were about cent finds. Now it seems like 90% of the people on here only do halves, and the other 10% is dimes, nickels, and cents. I remember my first post ever read was 1955 DDO, and everyone did halves pretty much. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong

 

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[sagittarius98]

I remember when I first joined the forum it seemed like half of the posts were about cent finds. Now it seems like 90% of the people on here only do halves, and the other 10% is dimes, nickels, and cents. I remember my first post ever read was 1955 DDO, and everyone did halves pretty much. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong

There was a week where everyone was posting about their great cent finds recently.

 

[Coin Town]

I remember when I first joined the forum it seemed like half of the posts were about cent finds. Now it seems like 90% of the people on here only do halves, and the other 10% is dimes, nickels, and cents. I remember my first post ever read was 1955 DDO, and everyone did halves pretty much. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong

Ill hook ya up tonight with a cent post...just picked up $100 worth to go through!!!!

 

[archertiger3]

cents are pretty much all i'm doing currently

 

[mammoth29]

I'm all about cents right now. Nothing huge lately, just a very red 1958 wheatie. It definitely stands out amongst my other brown wheaties.

 

[Coppercrazy]

Cool, you just don't see many people postin cent finds it seems like.

 

[GMD52]

The higher price rise in silver is most likely he cause for the increase in searches of the larger denomination of coins. Truth be known, I would much rather look thru rolls of cents, spending less for more, and having just as much of a thrill at finding an illusive wheaty!

 

[baddbluff]

When I was young, all I use to search were cents & nickels. It was only in the last couple years that I realized you could order boxes of halves. I am a collector first & THer second. The $ I have made from halves has allowed me to buy the expensive collector coins I could never afford before! I still buy boxes of cents and nicks cuz they are fun to go thru, but it's the halves that justify the time spent CRHing.

 

[BuffaloBoy]

I search pennies, I did 2 boxes over last week for a total of 35 common wheats from 1920-1958 and about 14 canadian pennies.

 

[archertiger3]

I search pennies, I did 2 boxes over last week for a total of 35 common wheats from 1920-1958 and about 14 canadian pennies.

you're in mississippi and you got 14 canadians? i'm in kansas and only average 2 or 3 per box

 

[TheCladinator]

I order halves from my bank, 4x a month, when I'm finished with those (usually between 1 or 2 days) I search between 1-$200.00 a month in cents. I usally buy $50.00 bags from my CU, but do order the occasional boxes. The # and years of wheats, seem to be better in a $25 box vs a $50 bag. I sort out all the zinc, then check all the copper for anything special, I found a 1904 Indian Head last month. Then the copper goes into my hoard.

 

[billionaire]

I do one or two boxes a week plus dimes nickels and any cwr half dollars. Half dollars are a good thing to search because you often find silver worth at least $4. Dimes and nickels are worth less than $2 and pennies have wheat pennies worth .10 each.

 

[hokiemojo]

i like pennies, but i haven't foudn a good wheatie in ages. I found a 1930 something about 4 boxes ago, but nothing older than 1940's since. Even the newer whats are rarer. I think I found 8 in my last box. that's just not that good.

 

[gmrestoparts]

Im about to go back to cent hunting and quit hunting halves. I have gone through $20K in halves and found NOTHING...its been a complete waste of my time and is only pissing off my dump banks

 

[FormerTeller]

What, you're living vicariously through others until you can do cents again?

For the two years I've been on here, the vast majority of posts have been about halves.

 

[mrhaz]

All I search is cents, averaging between 5,000 and 7,500 a week. Just over the past two months I've managed to pull five 2011P 1DO-004s and two 1968D 1DR-001s. I do not save the copper but mainly search for hole fillers for my Grandson's Dansco and varieties and errors. There are countless high dollar examples still hiding in circulation to find. A 1992 CAM recently went for around $20,000 in an auction!

 

[rfishoutofwater]

i do 4 boxes of cents a week. I have had some great finds but pretty much the last 4-6 boxes has been average.

 

[sagittarius98]

you're in mississippi and you got 14 canadians? i'm in kansas and only average 2 or 3 per box

I'm in Maryland and I average 2-3 a box.

 

[Coppercrazy]

I'm in northeast Ohio and average somewhere between 10-15 a box