penny boxes

thrillathahunt · Jun 21, 2009

Now that school is out my 11 year old son has been wanting me to take him to the bank so he could use his allowance money to buy some pennies to look through. Well, friday afternoon we got 2 $25 boxes of pennies and the rolls were all wrapped in clear plastic. He found 15 wheats, 1 Indian head (1896) slight rim damaged, 1 1958 Canadian penny, 1 1960-D small date, and 7 clad roosevelt dimes.

Is that about the average "take" on two boxes of pennies? How do the dimes get into penny rolls?

Jack_MIghtyheart · Jun 21, 2009

Below average for wheats, but the Indian head is a really nice find.

coinmojo · Jun 21, 2009

Any time you get an IH out of a 2 boxes you have outdone yourself. Congratulations.

I must have searched nearly 1k in pennies this year and just scored a trifecta of IH's last week in 1 box so consider your boxes a pretty good success.

I'd also say 15 wheat's is probably pretty good too. Not above avg. but decent. In my opinion.

Mojo

silvereagle78 · Jun 21, 2009

That is average if not above for myself, I am still looking for an Injun. Nice Finds :thumbsup:

Any good date wheats?

CP · Jun 21, 2009

i still have not found any indian heads, so nice job, i am finding an average of 10-12 per box as far as wheaties.

TxTim · Jun 21, 2009

Exceptional box!
IH's are 1 in 125,000.
Great wheat score.
The 1906-D small date is also a tough one to come by.
Very nice and tell him Congrats!

thrillathahunt · Jun 21, 2009

Hey thanks guys! The oldest wheatie was 1937-D with rest 40's and 50's. Yeah, he was very excited over that Indian. Now getting more boxes to look through is all he talks about! I've been telling him not to expect one in every box though. :icon_sunny:

mountainman 2 · Jun 22, 2009

Good job on the indian cent for your first 2 boxes. The 1960 small date without the mintmark is the one you want to find.MM2

Seagates · Jun 22, 2009

Well if he is anything like me, he will still get a kick out of finding wheaties :icon_thumleft:

It always brings a smile to my face when people get their kids involved in crhing

what an excellent hobby to pass down. Not only is it ridiculously cheap it, is obviously hours of enjoyment... I feel like a kid sometimes when I'm trying to show my girlfriend what cool stuff I found crhing and after I almost force her to look at them, she gives it back and feigns my excitement :thumbsup:

(pretty much anytime I find silver).

DAS7NY · Jun 22, 2009

Way to go! Nice job on the Indian! :icon_thumright:

thrillathahunt · Jun 22, 2009

Thanks, you guys rock in this forum!

Bye the way, I was just wondering, has anyone ever gotten a skunk penny box?

ianSF · Jun 22, 2009

I had a skunk penny box about a year ago that was not only all memorials, but almost all ZINC memorials. There were only SEVEN pre-'82 coppers in the whole box. Not a single wheat.

GMan00001 · Jul 20, 2009

thrillathahunt said:
Thanks, you guys rock in this forum!

Bye the way, I was just wondering, has anyone ever gotten a skunk penny box?

I have never had a skunk box, but I do mainly bags. I have had 1 skunk bag in around 3 million pennies searched over the past 4 years and that was earlier this year when I got a bag in which all but a few coins were 1982. I've had a few other close calls, but only the one skunk.

dasherhunting · Jul 20, 2009

Only one skunk this year and it was a new box of 2006 pennies other than that I avg 3 to 4 boxes a week and usually get 8 to 12 wheaties a box. One ih since first of yr though so they are few and far in between lol.

quick-silver · Jul 20, 2009

got my first penny box skunk ever, all new 2008 P >:(

just a year short :tongue3 ::)

:P

Cherryman68 · Jul 20, 2009

quick-silver said:
got my first penny box skunk ever, all new 2008 P just a year short :tongue3 :P

Those will still get you between 50-75 on ebay. I have done that trick several times. Profit is profit sir.

mistergee · Jul 21, 2009

got my first penny box skunk ever, all new 2008 P just a year short :tongue3

Those will still get you between 50-75 on ebay. I have done that trick several times. Profit is profit sir.

he's right....see that new truck in his avatar? :thumbsup:

thrillathahunt · Jul 21, 2009

Re: penny boxes UPDATE

Well, after 30 days and looking through 28 boxes of pennies we have come up with......... 197 wheats, 52 Canadian cents....... 1 Indian head....... 7 1960-d small dates and a few nice looking RAINBOW TONED 2006-d pennies. And he wants to do more he says until school starts back.

Thanks for looking!