It's really ugly, but I found my oldest wheatie yesterday!

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It's really ugly, but I found my oldest wheatie yesterday! 1910 S, semi-key date!

I wasn't going to post this one, but since we're getting a foot of snow today, it will be awhile before my next post! It was 58 yesterday and now we're getting buried with snow today. Wonderful!

I spent two hours in the woods yesterday, but only had a couple of decent finds. I found a really crusty wheatie and a Colibri lighter. The wheatie was so crusty, I didn't even take a "before" picture. After cleaning with hydrogen peroxide, it ended up being my oldest wheatie, a 1910 S! My previous record was a 1911 D.

The lighter is pretty crusty as well. I don't think it's old, since it has "Japan" stamped on the bottom. Decent find, though.

Here's a couple of photos of my "treasure":

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Congratualtions on the old copper! :occasion14:
 

Congrats on beating your oldest wheat penny record. Not a bad way to start 2017!
 

Congrats on your oldest wheat, now you need a 1909.
 

Congratulations on your 1910 save.
We are getting hammered with white stuff here in NYC.
The good news is; rain on both Saturday and Sunday with temperatures above freezing overnight.
I believe that the snow will be gone by Monday.
 

Thanks, guys! I'm really glad it wasn't a 1909 VDB. That would have been really lousy to find one in that condition! I'll find a 1909 eventually, I hope.

We've got about 9 inches of snow, but it going to snow another two or three hours, so probably a good foot by the time it's over. Going to be a long week!

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You will want to make sure that one stays on your coffee table or computer desk for the next 3 to 5 years. Mull it over a little bit.
 

Ugly but readable! Congratulations! :icon_thumright:
 

Picture looks like 1910-S

You may be right! Good eyes! I'll attempt to clean it up a little better. That would make it a semi-key date wheatie. Too bad it's trashed!
 

Yup, definitely a 1910 S. Now I'm really annoyed that it's trashed! LOL! Mintage of 6,045,000! Now it's my oldest wheatie and the lowest mintage wheatie I've found.

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My 1910 Wheat is my oldest dug one cent coin , and it also is a really green crusty coin- I may try some hot peroxide on it . Olive oil soaked it for 30 days didn't touch the crusty corrosion.
 

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