today...1909 VDB

[GMan00001]

I finally got around to searching the first of the 3 $50 bags of cents I picked up on 03/16.

I am hoping the other two bags produce some goodies like the first one. Just an average quantity, but a couple of very nice ones.

There was a total of 18 wheat pennies
1 - 1909 VDB <--I would grade it around AU. Still some red in a 98 yo coin. See Pics.
1 - 1912-D <--- only G-4 or so, but another semi key that I still needed for my book.
1 - 1936-D
2 - 1939
1 - 1944-D
2 - 1946
1 - 1946-D
1 - 1949-D
1 - 1950
1 - 1952-D
1 - 1953-D
3 - 1955-D
2 - 1956-D

24 Canadian (1954, 1964(2), 1967, 1969, 1973(2), 1979(2), 1980(2), 1981(2), 1982, 1983, 1988(2), 1994, 1995, 1996(2), 2002, 2003-P, 2004)

1 - 1998 Wide AM

 

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[low xtreme]

nice. that is sweet, now go do the other bags

 

[coolcash2004]

WOW! I love the wheats.

-CC

 

[Pennyworth]

Absolutely cool, I've never seen a 1909 VDB while crh! It's in great condition too! Congratulations on all of the wheaties!

 

[enamel7]

Great score! That is definitely better than the 1909 VDB I found last year. Grats on the type II also.

 

[GMan00001]

Finished off bag #2 a few minutes ago.

slightly better quantity, but the quality was nowhere near the same.
20 wheat pennies (1941(2), 1944, 1944-D(2), 1945(2), 1945-D, 1946(2), 1946-D, 1948-D, 1949, 1951-D(3), 1953-D, 1955-D, 1957-D, 1958-D)

22 Canadian (1932, 1966, 1974(3), 1976, 1977, 1981(2), 1982, 1983, 1984(2), 1985, 1992, 1994, 1997(2), 2003-P, 2004, 2006(2))

 

[tw656]

If it was a proof, it would definitely be worth grading. How do you tell a proof cent anyway?

 

[Looter]

is there any way you could post a pic of the wide AM ive seen it in the pricing guide and wondered how far apart it is compaired to a normal cent.

 

[coinlover]

where do you get bags of coins from?

 

[GMan00001]

Finished the third $50 bag tonight.

Better quantity yet again with a few pre-1941 ones mixed in and a few older Canadian ones as well.

25 wheat pennies (
1 - 1918
1 - 1928-S Small S <--grades between Fine and Very Fine. First one found CRHing.
1 - 1935
1 - 1940-D
1 - 1941
1 - 1942
1 - 1943 -- A steel penny, don't find many of those.
3 - 1944
1 - 1944-D
2 - 1945
1 - 1945-S
1 - 1950
1 - 1951-D
1 - 1951-S
2 - 1953-D
1 - 1955-D
1 - 1956-D
2 - 1957-D
2 - 1958-D

21 Canadian (1940, 1946, 1951, 1955, 1963, 1964(3), 1965, 1975, 1978, 1984(2), 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998(2), 2005)

1 Foreign (Bermuda, 1 Cent (1991))

where do you get bags of coins from?

The bank. Some banks will sell bags of coins from their coin machine which is where these are from. I found a couple of banks locally that will sell them. Although I might get shorted a few pennies now and then, I think its worth it since the bank doesn't have to pay a fee to get them rolled first and so hopefully they won't try to charge me a fee either (so far so good).

Usually I only get bags of pennies and halves though. I feel with nickels, dimes, and quarters, there is too much opportunity to get shorted without making it back up. With pennies, a couple pennies short is no big deal. In addition I usually find a dime or two per bag which offsets that.

is there any way you could post a pic of the wide AM ive seen it in the pricing guide and wondered how far apart it is compaired to a normal cent.

I added a picture below. Both coins are 1998. The coin toward the bottom of the picture is the normal width of the 1998 and the coin toward the top of the picture is the Wide AM variety. Hope that helps.

 

[Looter]

oh wow thats pretty hard to distinguish thx alot for the pic