Results from 25 boxes of cents searched, that 62,500 of them with pics

gordon and tanner

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Results from 25 boxes of cents searched, that's 62,500 of them with pics

We started doing boxes of cents over Christmas break. We finished the 25th today. No boxes were skunks, most in one box =20, least in one box =3, oldest 1898 Indian, 1909 Wheat, 6 "s" cents. None were needed for our found in the wild book. We mostly searched boxes, perhaps 3 boxes were made from customer rolls, and 2 $50 bags were searched.(we divided the results of those in half, that is where we found the souvenir coins).

Box 1 = 8 wheats, all common
Box 2 = 8 wheats, 1939, 7 common, 2 King George
Box 3 = 8 wheats, all common, 2 King George
Box 4 = 10 wheats, all common, 1 King George
Box 5 = 6 wheats, 1943 steel, 5 common
Box 6 = 5 wheats, 1927, 4 common
Box 7 = 10 wheats, all common
Box 8 = 8 wheats, 1916, 1929s, 6 common
Box 9= 11 wheats, all common, 2 King George
Box 10 = 10 wheats, all common
Box 11 = 12 wheats, all common
Box 12 = 7 wheats, all common
Box 13 = 13 wheats, 1930, 1930, 11 common wheats, 1 King George
Box 14 = 1 Indian head 1898, 11 wheats, 1909, 10 common wheats
Box 15 = 10 wheats, 1936, 9 common
Box 16 = 3 wheats, all common, 1 King George
Box 17 = 12 wheats, 1939, 11 common
Box 18 = 7 wheats, all common
Box 19 = 20 wheats, all common, 1 King George
Box 20 = 6 wheats, 1939, 5 common
Box 21 = 14 wheats, all common
Box 22 = 6 wheats, all common
Box 23 = 12 wheats, 1927,1937, 19 common
Box 24 = 9 wheats all commom
Box 25 = 10 wheats, 1918, 1936, 8 common

228 wheats
9.12 average per box
1 Indian head = 1898
Oldest wheat = 1909
6 “S” cents
1 1943 steel

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gordon and tanner

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Kudos for your perserverence and analysis.
The only real surprise to me was the lack of "S" coins.
I would have bet substanially more would have appeared.
Don.......

We tend to average on Wheat "S" every 2 boxes. You never know what will or will not turn up.

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I assume you and your son do this together as a hobby? If so that's great! Fun way to spend time with your kids!
 

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Pretty cool. My first year I logged every box in a notebook. I believe I still have it somewhere, fun to see ehat every box produces
 

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Tanner is a Junior in high school. He is a bit more interested in girls and soccer than coins right now. I think he helped out with 2 of the 25 boxes. I figure I introduced him to coin collecting, and he will probably get back into more when he is older.

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Is there that much value in wheaties? I always thought they were worth maybe twice value. Is a couple of bucks worth the time? Not tryin to slam ya, I'm just ignorant about it. Good luck.
 

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