Best cent ever found CRH!

dustywallen · Aug 16, 2012

Just curious as to what is the best find you have ever found? Don't have to be CRH. You can include pictures also.

dustywallen · Aug 18, 2012

baddbluff said:
My best was a '72 Dbl Die cent (the good one). I found it in 1987. I have found a few better dates (1931d and 1970s small date). Pennies are fun cuz I do it now for the copper & wheats are a bonus.

You have pictures if these finds? Have you just found one 1970 S small date?

dustywallen · Aug 18, 2012

Wickaboag said:
13 Silver Washingtons from a Laundry Machine =)

That would be really cool!

dustywallen · Aug 18, 2012

Went to my local gas station this morning and the fellow working handed me a handful of wheat pennies! Said he pulled them out of the till from time to time. Have to work today so will search them later

Coppercrazy · Aug 18, 2012

Brockage error cent and 3 Indians. I've taken a break lately, but I am going to start back up soon.

mountainman 2 · Aug 18, 2012

1955 Doubled Die found a couple months back. I stopped at 5 banks that day and bought 10$ in cents at each bank. It was in one of those rolls. It has some old damage on the reverse. An expert from another forum gave it a market grade of VF. It's at PCGS being slabbed.

Easy · Aug 18, 2012

mountainman 2 said:
1955 Doubled Die found a couple months back. I stopped at 5 banks that day and bought 10$ in cents at each bank. It was in one of those rolls. It has some old damage on the reverse. An expert from another forum gave it a market grade of VF. It's at PCGS being slabbed.

This cent is soo sick! Love it. I don't think I could sell that one.

dustywallen · Aug 18, 2012

mountainman 2 said:
1955 Doubled Die found a couple months back. I stopped at 5 banks that day and bought 10$ in cents at each bank. It was in one of those rolls. It has some old damage on the reverse. An expert from another forum gave it a market grade of VF. It's at PCGS being slabbed.

That is so awesome and also inspiring knowing they still out there. Can't help bit wonder how other got into circulation

BuffaloBoy · Aug 19, 2012

i would have to say XF 1910 lincoln cent right now, not valueable, but also a 1915 XF wheat

as to any denomination, i reeally have not found a coin worth more then any other. (ex: common date walkers, bens, wheats, etc), though i did come across a dateless "D" mintmark buffalo and i nic-a-dated it and it turned out to be a 1914-D

dustywallen · Aug 19, 2012

BuffaloBoy said:
i would have to say XF 1910 lincoln cent right now, not valueable, but also a 1915 XF wheat as to any denomination, i reeally have not found a coin worth more then any other. (ex: common date walkers, bens, wheats, etc), though i did come across a dateless "D" mintmark buffalo and i nic-a-dated it and it turned out to be a 1914-D

Any XF wheat is a nice find!

BuffaloBoy · Aug 19, 2012

not the best cent i've ever found, but doing 2 penny boxes today i came across a very worn 1917-D wheatie, any old wheat with a mintmark is always nice! 95 years old too.
also in the penny boxes were 2 red wheats from 1955 and 1956. cent boxes here are random results, usually there are tons of 2012 pennies(sometimes solid rolls), but once those move out, you must buy the pennies up before more new ones roll in. i bought 9 boxes of cents 2 weeks ago with not a single 2012 box, i could go out this week and buy 10 more and have 5+ solid 2012 boxes and many partially solid boxes.

dustywallen · Aug 19, 2012

BuffaloBoy said:
not the best cent i've ever found, but doing 2 penny boxes today i came across a very worn 1917-D wheatie, any old wheat with a mintmark is always nice! 95 years old too.
also in the penny boxes were 2 red wheats from 1955 and 1956. cent boxes here are random results, usually there are tons of 2012 pennies(sometimes solid rolls), but once those move out, you must buy the pennies up before more new ones roll in. i bought 9 boxes of cents 2 weeks ago with not a single 2012 box, i could go out this week and buy 10 more and have 5+ solid 2012 boxes and many partially solid boxes.

17-D is a good find! Better to find a good grade in this year by this point the dies were so worn. As a matter of fact they remained that way until about 1968. A little in site that a lot of people are not aware of is that 1917 had a double die. The highest on record sold was a MS-65RD it sold for $18,750. But like you said any teen wheat found is awesome and even better with a mint mark.

Coppercrazy · Aug 20, 2012

mountainman 2 said:
1955 Doubled Die found a couple months back. I stopped at 5 banks that day and bought 10$ in cents at each bank. It was in one of those rolls. It has some old damage on the reverse. An expert from another forum gave it a market grade of VF. It's at PCGS being slabbed.

I'm extremely jealous