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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:50 pmFound a 1954 today!
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:50 pmRe: Why?
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:51 pmJust looking back on the year Franklin has found (3) 1954 this year and 11 Indian heads this year so I would say that the 1954 is hard to find.
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:50 amAfter reading about these elusive wheats from the 50's I started wondering if I had any. I have found 400+ wheats since I started sorting but I wasn't sure about ever seeing a 1954 so I went and checked my bag of common wheats. No 1954 or 1955-S in there. But then I took a look at the handful of better condition wheats that I have set aside, that's where I found a copy of each (actualy two from 1954). Kind of strange that I haven't found any average looking ones; just really nice ones.
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Re: Why?
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:06 pmhenrysmedford wrote:Just looking back on the year Franklin has found (3) 1954 this year and 11 Indian heads this year so I would say that the 1954 is hard to find.
I think I've found 3 this year as well. The same amount of Indians that I found. Happy hunting!
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:24 pmMy whitman folder just needs a 1955s....
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:50 pmDiggin4copper wrote:My whitman folder just needs a 1955s....
Franklin has found 28 1955S this year and three are AU.
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 2:00 amI was able to find 3 55s this year, enough to fill up three whitman albums worth, it's always my last to fill as well. I think one of the albums might be still minus a 55s as I found one with the first 5 having the top part of the 5 filled, and decided it was worth putting in a 2x2, it's a common die chip thing with the 55s I guess. I can see how the die could become weak in that spot.
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:34 amI'll Have to sirch my 50's but I have a slew of 57 and 59's that are AU
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:53 pmby henrysmedford ยป Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:50 pm
Found a 1954 today!
Wed Nov 30, 2011 8:51 pm
Just looking back on the year Franklin has found (3) 1954 this year and 11 Indian heads this year so I would say that the 1954 is hard to find.
Today I worked out of town for work and a co-worker gave me a 1954 he bought from the till firsts one sense 7/27/2011 we have found eleven IH in the same time.
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:15 pmI find rolls of 54s especially 54-S
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:44 pmfb101 wrote:I find rolls of 54s especially 54-S
1954 Mintage 71,640,050
1954-D 251,552,500
1954-S 96,190,000
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Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:31 pmGot a 1954 today after five days without findind one!
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Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:00 pmWe all have our white whale. For me it was a '52S. Finally found one about a month back after finding TWO 1909 VDB and TWO IHC.
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Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:36 pmI shouldn't have read this thread..................now I've gotta go dig. Dangit.
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:11 pmOur first 1954 in a month also I went through 613 1950s wheats and not one 1954. See http://www.realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=12299
See http://www.realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=12299Re: Why?
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:24 amhenrysmedford wrote:Our first 1954 in a month also I went through 613 1950s wheats and not one 1954.
Found are first 1954 in nine months it was in a CRW roll only one in over $20 of wheats. see-- http://www.realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=19638
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 5:41 pmI had no idea 1954 was such a rare year. I thought all 1940+ were common, except 1943 and that only because it was magnetic. Wonder if I have any...
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 3:19 pmWent thru the 3 jars of "old pennies" my Aunt was saving for me, and found one 1954 wheat out of all the pennies. In my regular sorting I've found a grand total of four.
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Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 4:51 pmAfter four plus years of sorting we just filled a full roll of 1955-S.
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Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 10:52 pmFound a US 1954 in a $100 bag of Canadian cent. Our first one in four months.
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:09 amfor me 10 months of hand searching yielded
1954 13 each
1955s 8 each
my nemesis is the 1911 (101 milion minted) havent found one yet
my next is 1935D ( 47 Million minted)
crazy
1954 13 each
1955s 8 each
my nemesis is the 1911 (101 milion minted) havent found one yet
my next is 1935D ( 47 Million minted)
crazy
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 1:08 pmspacemanX wrote:for me 10 months of hand searching yielded
1954 13 each
1955s 8 each
my nemesis is the 1911 (101 milion minted) havent found one yet
my next is 1935D ( 47 Million minted)
crazy
For us.
1911 (2)
1935 D (23)
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Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 9:37 pmWe have all 7 1954 that took over five years of sorting for sale in a KSA. See-- http://www.realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=30182
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Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:48 amIt may an old topic, but still very true. After two full years and 350,000+ hand sorted cents, a 1955-S has finally been unearthed. In that time we have found 3 Indian Heads, 1 George V, 6 Wide AM's, and 146 pre-1940 Lincolns (3 semi-key). What gives?
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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:08 amThis past summer I got about 35-40 1955-S pennies, all in AU/BU condition from a bank. This was with over 900 from 1961-1964 that were also AU/BU.