Oldest wheat penny contest.

[Vern2]

Came close this morning. 1953 wheatie. Only 72 years off.

 

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[GB1]

1911 wheat

 

[HighVDI]

Came close this morning. 1953 wheatie. Only 72 years off.

Lol!

 

[Vern2]

Least we forget:

Ammoman is still our leader. He's quite the gamer.
1881 ihp

 

[Vern2]

Two wheats this week, 1936 and 1940. Way off of Ammoman's 1881 ihp, but pretty satisfying to find wheats in dirt. Found five this week in penny rolls, but these don't count in my md coin total. Whole another ball game.

 

[HighVDI]

My first plug with my new tejon and 10x12 coil was a deep 1934 wheat. Hope they get older

 

[HighVDI]

1897 IHP. Getting there....

 

[b3y0nd3r]

1909 vdb no S

 

[Vern2]

Still chasing Ammoman. Gonna be tough to beat.

 

[Vern2]

Still chasing Ammoman. Gonna be tough to beat. I want an ihp, no matter what the year.

Congratulations Highdvi

 

[Vern2]

1909 vdb no S

I'm sorry, but what does vdb stand for?

 

[b3y0nd3r]

I'm sorry, but what does vdb stand for?

the very first wheat cent had the designers initials on them. His were VDB which was on the back then they removed them.

 

[xr7ator]

In other words, game over. Good job, b3y0nd!

 

[digger27]

the very first wheat cent had the designers initials on them. His were VDB which was on the back then they removed them.

Those initials were stamped for one week then the dies were ground down and they were removed.
Kind of cool situation that made this possible but I have not heard of anyone finding a coin that has been certified.
https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/coins/soltaylor051008.html

 

[Vern2]

Game is still on. In the beginning of "Oldest Wheat contest ", within a day or so "Wegland ", was the winner with a 1909 wheat. We all contributed and gave Wegland a new Corvette and a $100,000. No lie either.
So, after much hand wrangling, we decided to extend the contest by including Indian Head pennies.
So it should now be called the "Oldest wheat/Ihp Contest".

Ammoman is still leader: 1881 ihp.

Found 2017, with a Tesoro . (Contest rules)

 

[Ammoman]

I just saw this thread pop back up and was surprised to see I'm still leading! Are their no more ihp's left in the world?

 

[DiggerinVA]

Waiting for the woods to thin a little so I can take my Tejon back to the Cellar holes that have produced numerous Large cents and Indians for me over the last few years.....maybe I can squeeze one more.....?
Nice finds, by the way guys!

 

[Vern2]

1909 vdb no S

By the way, that was sure a nice find. I don't study coin values, but one would think yours would be worth some dollars. According to what was said previously, not many of those minted.

 

[HighVDI]

1881 indian with the tejon this evening.....and a freaking seated quarter!

 

[Vern2]

1881 indian with the tejon this evening.....and a freaking seated quarter!

Congratualtions on the 1881 ihp. Great great find. And the seated quarter. Wow. I found a 1928 wheat this morning. Thought I was doing pretty good until a few minutes ago. Again, congratulations.

So, you and Ammoman are now tied, 1871 IHP.