Is this normal for pennies?

UTcoinshootR · May 16, 2009

I rarely CRH but, today I picked up a tray of machine rolled pennies from the bank in the grocery store. I got 1 wheat. That is it. 1 1936 wheat penny out of 20 rolls. I gotta say, I thought I would do better than that. So now I'm wondering how many wheats do YOU average per $10 worth? Is one wheat for 10 dollars worth a real bad day or should I just stick to nickels and halves? - UT

Silver Stripe · May 16, 2009

I usually get 20% copper and 5-8 wheaties out of $25 box. I still have the last box I bought though, after sorting 10 rolls not even any copper so you never know, its the luck of the draw. HH Mark
BTW personally I wouldn't bother sorting pennies if I wasn't pulling copper too.

ugotit22 · May 16, 2009

i normally get like 12-20 wheats for a 25.00 box

Goes4ever · May 17, 2009

lately I have been averaging 12-14 wheats per $25 box

JasonB · May 18, 2009

I average 10-12 per $25.

jrf30 · May 18, 2009

hand rolls normally give me less wheats than ($25) boxes.

On boxes, I am averaging about 5.8 wheats per box in 2009. So about 1 for every $4.31 searched.

I would not searcvh pennies for wheats alone. I also keep the copper, which makes it worth it, but if I were only searching for wheats I'd pass.