New member here and my first box of pennies

[CardsNCoins]

Greetings everyone. I have been reading the boards for a day or two, and finally got around to signing up this evening. I'm Nick, and I hope to learn and contribute during my time here.

Picked up my first bank box of pennies on Monday, and here were my results:

768 coppers (almost 31%) - 16 of which were wheat and included a 1914, 1927, and a 1929. There were also 18 Canadians.

I am halfway trough a 2nd box of pennies that I picked up today (28% copper to this point with 9 wheat), and will update the thread with those final results sometime tomorrow.

Thanks for looking, and happy hunting everyone.

Nick

 

[festiva_ford]

Welcome! You must be on the east coast if you found all those wheats.

 

[CardsNCoins]

Welcome! You must be on the east coast if you found all those wheats.

 

[CardsNCoins]

Finished up my 2nd box of pennies, and the weird thing is that the copper amount was almost an exact match of box 1.

Box #2:
767 coppers (again almost 31%) - 23 of which were wheat (16 wheat in box 1) and included a 1914. There were also 9 Canadians.

Thanks for looking, and when (not if) I get box #3 I will update in this thread.

Nick

 

[2Cents]

Those are better than the boxes I typically get.

 

[AGCoinHunter]

31% CU is great. I average around 19%.

 

[jlr1076]

That's great on all those wheats. Been super skunk for me lately. I only do rolls, never tried boxes. Most wheats I've had in one roll was 10, definitely a rarity!

 

[FiresEye]

That's a great ammount of copper, and the wheats aren't bad either. I've done a good bit of pennies and NEVER found an indian cent in a box, but I did find one in a customer wrap roll once.

Pennies and nickles are fun.

 

[CardsNCoins]

On to penny box #3. It will be hard to match my 31% copper pace from above. I wont mind a little less copper if the amount of wheats stay about the same.

Will post the results sometime tomorrow when I'm finished.

Nick

Edited to add: Wheat ender.

 

[SFBayArea]

Well, I went got 4 boxes of pennies today and 2 that were 2010-D SHield zincolns. I prefer copper myself.

 

[CardsNCoins]

Well I opened the wheat roll first, and 2 more wheat pennies were inside.

Hopefully a foreshadowing of things to come.

Nick

 

[CardsNCoins]

10 rolls in to box #3 and I'm going to bed. So far:

163 coppers (32.6%) - 6 of which were wheat and there was also 1 Canadian penny.

 

[EastKyMiner]

Good score on the boxes
HH...Miner