My First Solid Roll!!! Not clad...

FormerTeller

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...but not silver either. A solid roll of wheaties!

Didn't order halves this week, so after work today I picked up several CWR's of pennies, to supplement my weekend dimes and nickels. Some of the cents were in Cointainers, and on the end of one I saw what looked like a really old date - 1920. Turned out every coin in the roll was wheat, the oldest of which was 1944. The breakdown was as follows:

1916-D
1917
1918 x 2
1919 x 3
1920 x 2
1925
1926
1929-D x 2
1934
1935 x 2
1936
1937
1938
1940
1941 x 2
1941-D
1942 x 2
1942-D
1944 x 5
1944-S x 2
and a whopping 17 x 1944-D!

Many of them are in great condition, but unfortunately the 1916-D has a gouge through the date.

As a bonus, one of the other cent rolls had an almost uncirculated 1943 zinc cent, and I found 4 silver Rosies and a 1944-P war nickel, all out of less than $100 face!

Hope your weekends are fruitful!

FT
 

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FormerTeller said:
...but not silver either. A solid roll of wheaties!

Didn't order halves this week, so after work today I picked up several CWR's of pennies, to supplement my weekend dimes and nickels. Some of the cents were in Cointainers, and on the end of one I saw what looked like a really old date - 1920. Turned out every coin in the roll was wheat, the oldest of which was 1944. The breakdown was as follows:

1916-D
1917
1918 x 2
1919 x 3
1920 x 2
1925
1926
1929-D x 2
1934
1935 x 2
1936
1937
1938
1940
1941 x 2
1941-D
1942 x 2
1942-D
1944 x 5
1944-S x 2
and a whopping 17 x 1944-D!

Many of them are in great condition, but unfortunately the 1916-D has a gouge through the date.

As a bonus, one of the other cent rolls had an almost uncirculated 1943 zinc cent, and I found 4 silver Rosies and a 1944-P war nickel, all out of less than $100 face!

Hope your weekends are fruitful!

FT

I'd hang on to that 1943 zincoln...could be the first of its kind!!! It is probably steel...if its not it's VERY rare!!!!

Great find! Love wheaties!!!
 

D1MES_101

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i once found a 1911 penny searching my piggy bank, but it was in such bad condition it was lucky to be worth a buck
 

KenO

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Congrats on your find.........keep on hunting
 

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FormerTeller said:
Sorry, should have specified - Zinc coated steel.

I thought you may have found a gem!!! :-). I love steel cents! Great history behind those coins.
 

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