Got 10 penny rolls from a small local bank last week. All customer wrap type.
Five of the rolls had acct number on them magic markered over by the bank. These are the five I will talk about below. Other 5 were avg rolls.
First roll, I see lots of steels pop out. I then take a quick look and lots of other wheats too.
Not all copper tho, even one 2010 shield in the roll.
So open the other 4 rolls, same type thing.
Total in 5 rolls: 92 Steel pennies, mostly P's, and none with any significant rust and some in really good shape.
So, then I separate out the other Copper Wheats: 45 of them in total.
Copper Memorials: 42
Copper Canadians: 1
Plus one oversize penny which says NEW PENNY on the back: Queen Elizabeth II and says D**F*D*G*REG*1974 on the front. This bad boy did not want to come out of the roll as larger than a normal penny. Someone really had to work to get it in there.
Then I look at the dates... Found Five 1909, not the S variety tho. But ALL FIVE were VDBs
. Rest of wheats mostly in 40s & 50s, couple common teens and twentiesI wish I had opened them when I got them, as I would have went back to that bank to make a bigger run. But still pretty cool. I found a Wild Indian once and even found a 100% wheat roll once with some pretty good dates. But this has to be the best overall lot I ever got. I know I have found a fair amount of 1909 before, but never a VDB.
Maybe its time for all of us to hit the banks harder for customer wrapped rolls. Maybe people are out there turning in whatever coins they have laying around for some extra Holiday Spending money.
Happy Holidays and good hunting to all.
Besides, it's right before Xmas and people are naturally hard up for cash, so maybe some people turned in some stuff.
