Been having a blast sorting through my small cents!
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 1:40 amI've had a raggedy old Whitman for years. I'd been meaning to upgrade it for a while. I'm fairly close to Canada so I get quite a few cents in rolls. Well, the news of Canada axing the cent kinda kicked me in the butt so I got a few new albums and decided to go through the stash. Up until that little bombshell, coppers went in a jar and zinc, steel went back to the wild 
(I want them back now!) I started out just playing bingo but the more I searched the more I got into it.
The preliminary search removed all 40's and 50's and pulled all the nice AU ones for the album. I ended up with about 3 rolls of 40's and 50's. After a little research, I noticed the major varieties for the 47 and the 53. I didn't find any 47 maple leaf blunt 7's but I did find a both the 53 without shoulder fold and with shoulder fold! I also looked for the '65 large beads and small beads. Found nice examples of both. Now onto the '85 blunt 5 vs. pointed 5. Blunt 5 was easy, pointed 5, not so much, I must have looked at 200 85's under the loupe. With about 15 left to check, I spotted it, woohooo!!! Finally, a pointed 5, may not be worth much, but it is a proud find for me!
I also found a really nice 1979 double 979 and a pretty sweet 1963 that the obverse has been struck through something? Anywho, for being in the States, I'm pretty damn proud of my Canadian "found wild" album!! My camera died or else I'd give you pics.
(I want them back now!) I started out just playing bingo but the more I searched the more I got into it. The preliminary search removed all 40's and 50's and pulled all the nice AU ones for the album. I ended up with about 3 rolls of 40's and 50's. After a little research, I noticed the major varieties for the 47 and the 53. I didn't find any 47 maple leaf blunt 7's but I did find a both the 53 without shoulder fold and with shoulder fold! I also looked for the '65 large beads and small beads. Found nice examples of both. Now onto the '85 blunt 5 vs. pointed 5. Blunt 5 was easy, pointed 5, not so much, I must have looked at 200 85's under the loupe. With about 15 left to check, I spotted it, woohooo!!! Finally, a pointed 5, may not be worth much, but it is a proud find for me!
I also found a really nice 1979 double 979 and a pretty sweet 1963 that the obverse has been struck through something? Anywho, for being in the States, I'm pretty damn proud of my Canadian "found wild" album!! My camera died or else I'd give you pics.
