Today was my greatest coin roll hunting day ever! I don't even know where to begin. ok. Since I have been getting skunked with halves at my usual banks, I tried a new bank today and, of course, they didn't have any halves. (There must be some serious silver hunters in my area, and I'm sick of it! Banks won't even order boxes of halves cause someone spoiled it for everyone! anyway...) I asked if they had any nickels, and surprise! NO nickels---although I could wait around for the vault teller who might show up today. No way! So I bought $10 in dimes and $10 in pennies. Dimes were skunky as usual, but the pennies had quite a few pre-82s. A few wheaties from the 50's, which is always nice. I pulled my keepers and took the rest to the coin counting machine just down the street. Before I even put any coins in it, it was already at $0.30. Nice. And the reject tray had a 1910 penny. Very nice!!!
That penny was an omen.
I went to one more bank. No halves. Instead I bought $20 in nickels and $20 in pennies. The nickels yielded a few 1940s keepers, but nothing too amazing. Then I looked at the pennies. One of the rolls was longer than the others. Probably about 51 or 52 pennies in that roll. It was also very old. Faded pink. The oldest wrapper I'd ever seen. Soft to the touch. It was stamped "Monumental Life Insurance Company." I wanted to save it for last, cause I just knew it had a keeper or two. So I tore through the others. A few 50's wheaties. Only about half were Zincolns. And the pre-82s were all in great shape. Many still shiny with a lot of detail left. So I finally opened up the old, faded wrapper and EVERY PENNY WAS A WHEATY! I went back to the bank and, holding up the Pink Insurance wrapper, asked if they had any more like this one. Just one. I handed them a half dollar (there, they have one now) and just like it's twin, EVERY PENNY WAS A WHEATY! No wait, I lied. Two were Indian Head cents! And more than 50, too! I'm trying like crazy to find a camera to show you all, and if I do, your eyes will pop out like mine did when you see these coins. The grades range from about G-2 to about AU-45. A few are still shiny. I'm not much of an expert on grading, but I think after today I will be. Check out these totals. And these are just from TWO ROLLS!
1883 Indian 1903 Indian 1909 VDB 1909 1910 1911 1911 d 1912
1912 d 1913 1913 d 1914 1915 1915 d 191(5?)d 1916
1916 191(6)d 1917 1917 s 1917 s 1917 d 1918 d 1918
1919 s 1919 s 1919 s 1920 d 1920 d 1920 s 1920 s 1921
1923 s 1925 1925 d 1925 s 1926 d 1927 1927 d 1927 s
1928 1928 d 1928 d 1928 s 1929 1929 d 1929 s 1929 s
192? 1930 1930 1930 s 1930 s 1930 d 1931 1932
1932 1933 1934 1934 d 1935 1935 d 1935 d 1935 s
1936 1936 d 1936 d 1937 1937 s 1937 d 1937 d 1937 d
1937 d 1938 1940 d 1940 d 1940 s 1940 s 1940 s 1941 s
1941 s 1941 d 1941 d 1941 d 1942 1942 d 1942 d 1942 d
1942 d 1942 d 1942 d 1943 s 1943 d 1943 d 1943 d 1944 d
1944 d 1944 d 1944 d 1944 d 1944 d 1944 s 1945 s
I know that list is long, but that's only about half of my keepers for the day.
Anyway, I buy the tellers some gift cards, pass them out, thank them, and head back to my dump bank. At this point, I'm on cloud nine. I almost have an entire wheat set now. But my luck continues further. As I was dumping my rejects into the counting machine, I reached into the reject tray and found a 1964 dime. Silver!
That penny was an omen.
I went to one more bank. No halves. Instead I bought $20 in nickels and $20 in pennies. The nickels yielded a few 1940s keepers, but nothing too amazing. Then I looked at the pennies. One of the rolls was longer than the others. Probably about 51 or 52 pennies in that roll. It was also very old. Faded pink. The oldest wrapper I'd ever seen. Soft to the touch. It was stamped "Monumental Life Insurance Company." I wanted to save it for last, cause I just knew it had a keeper or two. So I tore through the others. A few 50's wheaties. Only about half were Zincolns. And the pre-82s were all in great shape. Many still shiny with a lot of detail left. So I finally opened up the old, faded wrapper and EVERY PENNY WAS A WHEATY! I went back to the bank and, holding up the Pink Insurance wrapper, asked if they had any more like this one. Just one. I handed them a half dollar (there, they have one now) and just like it's twin, EVERY PENNY WAS A WHEATY! No wait, I lied. Two were Indian Head cents! And more than 50, too! I'm trying like crazy to find a camera to show you all, and if I do, your eyes will pop out like mine did when you see these coins. The grades range from about G-2 to about AU-45. A few are still shiny. I'm not much of an expert on grading, but I think after today I will be. Check out these totals. And these are just from TWO ROLLS!
1883 Indian 1903 Indian 1909 VDB 1909 1910 1911 1911 d 1912
1912 d 1913 1913 d 1914 1915 1915 d 191(5?)d 1916
1916 191(6)d 1917 1917 s 1917 s 1917 d 1918 d 1918
1919 s 1919 s 1919 s 1920 d 1920 d 1920 s 1920 s 1921
1923 s 1925 1925 d 1925 s 1926 d 1927 1927 d 1927 s
1928 1928 d 1928 d 1928 s 1929 1929 d 1929 s 1929 s
192? 1930 1930 1930 s 1930 s 1930 d 1931 1932
1932 1933 1934 1934 d 1935 1935 d 1935 d 1935 s
1936 1936 d 1936 d 1937 1937 s 1937 d 1937 d 1937 d
1937 d 1938 1940 d 1940 d 1940 s 1940 s 1940 s 1941 s
1941 s 1941 d 1941 d 1941 d 1942 1942 d 1942 d 1942 d
1942 d 1942 d 1942 d 1943 s 1943 d 1943 d 1943 d 1944 d
1944 d 1944 d 1944 d 1944 d 1944 d 1944 s 1945 s
I know that list is long, but that's only about half of my keepers for the day.
Anyway, I buy the tellers some gift cards, pass them out, thank them, and head back to my dump bank. At this point, I'm on cloud nine. I almost have an entire wheat set now. But my luck continues further. As I was dumping my rejects into the counting machine, I reached into the reject tray and found a 1964 dime. Silver!
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