Starting the new year with pennies

[woodcutter45]

I've read the forum for months and decided to jump in. Went through 11 rolls of pennies this afternoon and scored 2 wheat's-1913P &1945D. Also had about 29% coppers. Looking forward to 2011 and sucessful finds.

 

[999digger]

Welcome to the forum Congrats on the pennies. The pennies from the teens are hard to find. Happy Hunting!

 

[Steve L.]

Woodcutter,
Welcome aboard! I second 999digger's comment -- pennies from the teens are indeed hard to come by, you did well!
Working rolls or boxes of cents is a blast, low cost and you almost always find some good keepers.
As you work them, in addition to the wheats, I recommend you pull out the "S-mints" from 1968 - 1974. Most times when I work a box of cents, I find more wheat-backs than I do "S-mints" from those years, rare is good in this CRH game.
Happy new year,
Steve

 

[woodcutter45]

Thanks 999 & Steve. I'll keep my eye out for the "s" mints. Having gone thru many rolls last year, I have yet to see an "s" although I did find a couple dozen wheats. My goal is to find an IH but that is probably a long shot. Anyway I will keep looking at the pennies.

 

[SFBayArea]

It's interesting how "S" mints are rare over there. I'm guess you're all east of the Mississippi. I find "S" mints from 68-74 all the time. One out of 15 coppers here are "S" mints. In terms of wheats, one out of 4 wheats are "S" mints. However, I have not gotten many teen wheats. My only teen wheat I've found is a 1917-S. The next one is a 1920. In some ways, I would like to get some real early ones. I don't even sort out the "S"mints from 68-74 from the rest of the copper because they're so common out here. I've only found one indian head in about $2000 searched and I found that one (1898) my first month of searching pennies last year but no more after that.

 

[woodcutter45]

Being in west central Ohio probably accounts for the "s" being hard to find. I looked back thru my MD coin finds and there no "s" 's. Seems that the p's and d's are pretty well split equally. So the "s" is going to be a challenge for me. Are any other of you CRH folks in the Midwest finding many "s"'s?

 

[999digger]

Thanks 999 & Steve. I'll keep my eye out for the "s" mints. Having gone thru many rolls last year, I have yet to see an "s" although I did find a couple dozen wheats. My goal is to find an IH but that is probably a long shot. Anyway I will keep looking at the pennies.

Also keep an eye out for the JFK commemorative. The Indians are hard to find. So far I have searched over $400 worth and only one popped out. It was a 1902 and it was all dented up. Happy Hunting.