10 Bags Of Wheat Cents

[flinthunter]

Back before I was married in the early 70's I used to get a few rolls of cents and nickels from the bank every week when I cashed my paycheck. After receiving my tax refund, I decided to splurge and asked for $50.00 in Lincoln Cents. The bank teller left for a couple minutes and then returned with a cloth bag full of cents.

Upon opening the bag when I got home I discovered the cents were all Wheaties. The next day I went back to the bank and asked if they had any more of the $50.00 bags. I brought 9 more bags home. The total from all 10 bags was 49,998 Wheat Cents and 2 Indian Cents.

Once in a lifetime find for me.

 

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[lookingharder]

Wow just curious, what did you do with them? That's why there called the good old days.

 

[flinthunter]

Wow just curious, what did you do with them? That's why there called the good old days.

They're squirreled away in the attic somewhere along with about 45 years worth of metal detecting Wheaties..

 

[TwoYewts]

WoW! Curious, did you ever take the time to go through them for any errors. Wheatie doubled dies are usually sought after. To me that would be like hiding a handful of possible winning lottery tickets and never checking to see if I had any winning numbers.

 

[kingskid1611]

That is incredible. I love Wheaties and would enjoy going through them....although it would take a while to do so......

 

[smokeythecat]

Wow. Yes, check for errors. Some are quite pricey. Try NOT to do it in one day.

 

[FormerTeller]

The total from all 10 bags was 49,998 Wheat Cents and 2 Indian Cents.

To me the interesting thing is the proportion of Indian Cents to wheats. Shows how much Indians were picked out of change and hoarded from 1910 to 1960.

Rather than hijack this thread, I decided to start another one.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/showpost.php?p=5713301

 

[flinthunter]

WoW! Curious, did you ever take the time to go through them for any errors. Wheatie doubled dies are usually sought after. To me that would be like hiding a handful of possible winning lottery tickets and never checking to see if I had any winning numbers.

I never really searched for errors. I keep saying that I will spend some quality time with them while I'm stuck indoors over the winter but never seem to get started on them. I do remember seeing a few that stood out to me, several serious laminations, a few cuds, and several wood grain coins (if the wood grain coins are considered errors). Someday hopefully, I'll get to revisit the bags and collect the errors.