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Why can I not find either a 1954 or a 1955-s? If I had these coins, I would have a complete set of 1940-2011.
I am finding plenty of pre-1940's with lower mintages (1911-d, 1916-d, 1921, 1927-d, 1928-d, 1930-s, 1932-d, many 1933's, 1934, 1938-d, just to name a few of the "rarer" ones).
I Ryedale sort $300-$400 a week, then handsort the Lincoln Memorials out. I catch every wheat, Canadian, or oddity.
What gives?

I did have some good luck today, a 1906 Indian! This was my second of the year, along with a 1907. The 1907 was found within my first $350 of starting this addiction.

I don't know why you are having trouble finding those 1955-S cents.. could it be the mintage? Or could it be that I am hoarding them. I have 30 rolls of circs and 1 roll of BU's.

HoardCopperByTheTon wrote:I don't know why you are having trouble finding those 1955-S cents.. could it be the mintage? Or could it be that I am hoarding them. I have 30 rolls of circs and 1 roll of BU's.

Hey HCBTT, I just wanted to let you know that I am officially available for adoption.

What do you know...Sorting $75 in cents today and finally found a 1955-s in nice shape. Maybe I should start a thread how I can never find a Flying Eagle cent.
Keep up the sorting folks.

Chief wrote: Maybe I should start a thread how I can never find a Flying Eagle cent.

Hurry up and post how you've never found a 1955 double die or 1909-S VDB

i can never find a 21/2 dollar gold piece. ...or even an indian head cent struck on an 2 1/2 gold piece blank...

I can never find a $20 double eagle when I am sorting larger coins.

shinnosuke wrote:

HoardCopperByTheTon wrote:I don't know why you are having trouble finding those 1955-S cents.. could it be the mintage? Or could it be that I am hoarding them. I have 30 rolls of circs and 1 roll of BU's.

Hey HCBTT, I just wanted to let you know that I am officially available for adoption.

Hmmmm.. tempting.. I need somebody to run all these extra machines. Nah, I don't want another dependant.

shinnosuke wrote:

HoardCopperByTheTon wrote:I don't know why you are having trouble finding those 1955-S cents.. could it be the mintage? Or could it be that I am hoarding them. I have 30 rolls of circs and 1 roll of BU's.

Hey HCBTT, I just wanted to let you know that I am officially available for adoption.

Umm, you dont want that. He will put your ass to work in his copper mine. Its hard and dirty work.

shinnosuke wrote:

HoardCopperByTheTon wrote:I don't know why you are having trouble finding those 1955-S cents.. could it be the mintage? Or could it be that I am hoarding them. I have 30 rolls of circs and 1 roll of BU's.

Hey HCBTT, I just wanted to let you know that I am officially available for adoption.

I think that is the funniest statement I have ever read on this forum!!!

HoardCopperByTheTon wrote:

shinnosuke wrote:

HoardCopperByTheTon wrote:I don't know why you are having trouble finding those 1955-S cents.. could it be the mintage? Or could it be that I am hoarding them. I have 30 rolls of circs and 1 roll of BU's.

Hey HCBTT, I just wanted to let you know that I am officially available for adoption.

Hmmmm.. tempting.. I need somebody to run all these extra machines. Nah, I don't want another dependant.

I promise I will work hard and live on just moldy bread and water and never get in the way and never complain...just please don't leave me out of your will.

I finally found that 1954, just waiting on the flying eagle cent...

You only think you want a "buzzard cent" You don't really want one. Actually, 1 was found by another sorter. The oldest I have found is an 1859 Indian.

shinnosuke wrote:I promise I will work hard and live on just moldy bread and water and never get in the way and never complain...just please don't leave me out of your will.

How clean does the water have to be?

This is sounding more and more tempting. Seems I don't have enough time to sort as much as I want. That darn day job keeps interfering with my sorting time. I just got home from work a little while ago.

HoardCopperByTheTon wrote:You only think you want a "buzzard cent" You don't really want one. Actually, 1 was found by another sorter. The oldest I have found is an 1859 Indian.

Why don't I want one? I mean I already have one, but finding one in the wild? Why not? Are they bad luck or a bad omen?

We don't even have any sort of feathered dance to summon them. When they first came out they didn't have a cent worth of copper in them. They replaced Large Cents.. which actually had a full .01 worth of copper in them. There was public outcry that the avian depiction on the obverse more closely resembled a buzzard than a noble eagle.

Alright, now I understand. Thanks HCBTT. I still want to find once though...

So do I!

When I read this post I checked Franklin's 1954 tube and it was empty we tube all of his finds. We have sold some of his finds.So I can not say when we found the last one . Today we just found today a 1954 so at $50 a day it took us tell today to find one . As to the 1955-S we have 12 in the tube.

I've found 2 1954's in the past week. I don't know why it took about $4500 in pennies to find the first one, but now I've got two.

i have almost all the wheat coins (cept that 1955) due to getting my dads collection... is that cheating???

Why ask why? Drink Bud Dry!

I believe that I've seen Bud Dry within the last 5 years. I wonder if they still make it? Anyone tried it?

Franklin found a 1954 today so at $250 FV a week it took from May 12th to find one!