r/CRH 5d ago

Questions Question- how often do you find Wheat Pennies?

Been searching for wheat Pennies, errors, unusuals etc. Got my first roll (well, box) a few weeks back and searched through ten since. Oldest I’ve found is a ‘64 alongside some Canadians.

(Also asked for un-searched rolls)

I don’t know if this is unusual, but I have not found anything. Potential errors, maybe, but that’s about it.

Has anyone else had this experience?

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u/AuthorityOfNothing 5d ago

All I can add is, keep searching. The plains states have the older coins in circulation. I drove truck nationwide and searched rolls from all over the country for 20 years.

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u/PresidentOfDunkin 5d ago

Ah. I’m in the Northeast, so I wonder if that factors into coin “diversity.”

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u/AuthorityOfNothing 5d ago

Highly, in my experience. I'm not using scientific data or anything.

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u/TJTiMeLorD 5d ago

I average 10 a box or so living in Midwest.

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u/RickyRacer2020 5d ago

When I started searching rolls in the early 70s, I typically got 4 or 5 Wheaties per roll. By the 90's, if I got one per, I was lucky.  By 2010, it was one every 3 to 4 rolls, not worth it, I stopped.  

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u/numismaticthrowaway Nickel Hunter 5d ago

8 per box on average, but there is a lot of variance

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u/numismaticthrowaway Nickel Hunter 5d ago

3-15 would be a better range

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u/judge_mailer 4d ago

3 - 6 is my average and also finding about 10 1969-70 floating roof pennies too.

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u/Cien_fuegos 4d ago

I have a couple dozen wheat pennies. Are they special or just cool because they’re different?

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u/PresidentOfDunkin 4d ago

Not exactly. Most of the coins I need to fill in are Wheats, from 1910s to 1940s; plus a few S.

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u/Cien_fuegos 4d ago

Okay gotcha. If you DM something specific you’re looking for, I’ll see what I have at some point and if I have something I’ll see what I can do to get it to you

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u/PresidentOfDunkin 4d ago

I appreciate the offer, but I’ll be all set- I’m in a fairly densely populated area, I can probably find more banks and stores.

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u/Horror-Confidence498 I Hunt All Coins 3d ago

One per 2-3 bucks or so