Does anyone tumble wheat pennies?

[bigcreekdad]

I've accumulated a pile and was thinking of putting them in the tumbler. However, I know that silver coins should never see the tumbler, but was curious about wheaties.

 

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[metal mania]

i don't like the tumble method I much perfer to roll em down the hill

 

[pennyfarmer]

NOOOOOOOOO

If you do I would make absolutly certain there are no good dates in them. I have found some real good wheats in my pile of just wheats.

 

[HuntNdig]

i tumbled all my non key dates ( i havent found a key date yet lol) I love the way they came out of the tumbler, they become an absolute pleasure to look at! I love the color and clarity it brought to them. If you have a pile of regular ol' wheat pennies, i say there isn't anything wrong with tumbling them and you will be pleased with how beautiful they turn out!

 

[HuntNdig]

 

[dale68]

I have done that using aquarium gravel,but be sure there aren't any low mintage or key dates. I had a cigar box full(about 500 found over the years), tumbled them and gave them to a grandson who wanted to start a coin collection. The gravel worked pretty well ( with water & a bit of dish soap) It only took a couple hours & most were looking decent.

 

[HuntNdig]

i only tumbled mine for about 3 hours with aqarium rocks and a table spoon of baking soda, i imagine another 3-4 hours and they would have come out a little bit nicer, but i was too excited to get em out and look at em'

 

[fistfulladirt]

I've tumbled most of my dug wheats, about 1,000 or so over 3 years. I usually will check for key dates first. I use aquarium gravel and a drop of soap, and tumble for one-half hour on average. I don't know why, but sometimes the natural patina gets stripped off, and I end up with a bunch of lousy-looking "purple" wheat cents. Wish there was a better option.

 

[gleaner1]

I've accumulated a pile and was thinking of putting them in the tumbler. However, I know that silver coins should never see the tumbler, but was curious about wheaties.

If tumbling does not apply to silver, then why would it not apply to copper? Or does it? The mysteries of the tumbler never cease to confound. DON'T TUMBLE YOUR WHEATIES.
It makes no sense whatsoever. Any extra value that they may have had numismatically would surely have vanished in a torrid slurry of angst and disappointment and fish tank rocks and baking soda. This only of course that you at first understand that they are just dirty wheaties, worth about a cent at the local mom and pop store, no matter what condition they are in.

 

[Born2Dtect]

I have had pretty good luck use peroxide on Wheaties, Indian Heads, and large cents. Leaves them cleaner and does not take the patine off. I put about a 1/4" in a small glass bowl and microwave for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from microwave and put in coins. They will start fizzing. Let them go as long as they are fizzing good. You can help out with a tooth pick soaked in it, break off as it get dirty. If one time does not do the trick repeat up to 3 times, just remove coins before microwaving. Don,t over do it some coins are pitted or the surface is lifting they will not get better and you loose detail. For a bunch of common Wheaties tumbling does work great. I use the peroxide method when I want to clean older copper to identify them.

Ed D.

 

[HuntNdig]

I've accumulated a pile and was thinking of putting them in the tumbler. However, I know that silver coins should never see the tumbler, but was curious about wheaties.

If tumbling does not apply to silver, then why would it not apply to copper? Or does it? The mysteries of the tumbler never cease to confound. DON'T TUMBLE YOUR WHEATIES.
It makes no sense whatsoever. Any extra value that they may have had numismatically would surely have vanished in a torrid slurry of angst and disappointment and fish tank rocks and baking soda. This only of course that you at first understand that they are just dirty wheaties, worth about a cent at the local mom and pop store, no matter what condition they are in.

why would they be worth "about" a cent, when they are in fact worth at least once cent