A New Wheat

Last night didn't go to well with the feeding. Did Henry remember the night before? I'm not sure. He wasn't taking anything from me. About a hour later he took the bottle from Meg with much less hassle. Who knows!? He's a mystery sometime.

I searched some pennies last night, 3,900 hand rolled. In them was sixteen Wheats, forty-four Canadians, one US dime, and one Irish 1 pence. In the Wheats was one I needed, the 1920S, and another steel penny, 1943. The Wheat breakdown was:

1920S, 1936, 1937, 1942, 1943, 1944(2), 1947, 1950D, 1951D, 1952, 1952D, 1953, 1956, 1956D, 1957D

The new Wheat got me thinking about what other varieties I need, what are some of the most likely ones for me to find next, what ones are I likely never will find, etc. The following chart shows the varieties I'm looking for and what pennies have been found by other members of my coin roll hunting forum for 2007 and 2008 (so far) to give some idea of the chances of finding it. It is sorted by mintage.

Variety	Mintage	2007	2008
1914	75,237,067	X
1936-D	40,620,000	X	X
1930-D	40,100,000	X	X
1918-S	34,680,000	X	X
1928-D	31,170,000	X	X
1936-S	29,130,000	X	X
1934-D	28,446,000	X	X
1925-S	26,380,000	X	X
1938-D	20,010,000	X	X
1928-S	17,266,000	X	X
1913-D	15,804,000	X	X
1921-S	15,274,000	X	X
1938-S	15,180,000	X
1939-D	15,160,000	X	X
1927-S	14,276,000	X
1911-D	12,672,000	X	X
1932-D	10,500,000	X	X
1912-D	10,411,000	X	X
1923-S	8,700,000	X
1922-D	7,160,000	X	X
1933-D	6,200,000	X	X
1913-S	6,101,000
1910-S	6,045,000	X	X
1915-S	4,833,000	X	X
1926-S	4,550,000	X	X
1931-D	4,480,000	X
1912-S	4,431,000	X
1914-S	4,137,000	X
1911-S	4,026,000	X
1924-D	2,520,000
1909-S	1,825,000	X
1914-D	1,193,000
1931-S	866,000
1909-S V.D.B.	484,000

For comparison the rarest, by mintage, Wheat I've found so far is the 1932 (9,062,000). For the 20's the rarest I've found is the 1924S (11,696,000) and for the 00's and 10's the rarest is the 1915D (22,050,000). I've found two of the 1915D. Given that I'd say finding the remaining 30's Wheats are entirely possible. I should find the 1936D, 1930D, and 1934D. These are quite common (relatively anyway) elsewhere in the country. I also expect to see the 1914 one of these days. I've found multiple copies of other P mints from that decade, so this one should turn up. All others could happen, except perhaps for the true rarities 1924D, 1909S, 1914D, 1931S, and the 1909S V.D.B. My chance of finding these varieties is extremely remote.