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| Ardent Listener |
Posted - 03/09/2008 : 16:32:26
Welcome new members. Please tell us a little about yourself and your interest in coins, metals, or other subjects related to this site.
Do not give out your personal information for securtiy reasons.
I'll make this thread sticky. |
| 25 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| PreservingThePast |
Posted - 11/30/2008 : 13:06:43
Welcome to copper cane and to highroller4321. Read, post, search those coins and enjoy.
Copper cane, I too began searching coins for the birth year of my son and it has evolved into much more. A lot of fun.
Enjoy, everyone. |
| highroller4321 |
Posted - 11/21/2008 : 19:59:52
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Originally posted by natsb88
Well, I'm older than Kieblera but younger than Highroller. Most of my friends think I'm nuts, but a few are catching on.
Well at least you are getting a few people to catch on....everyone I talk to thinks im nuts! |
| natsb88 |
Posted - 11/04/2008 : 23:28:27
Well, I'm older than Kieblera but younger than Highroller. Most of my friends think I'm nuts, but a few are catching on. |
| kieblera5 |
Posted - 11/04/2008 : 23:16:53
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Originally posted by highroller4321
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Originally posted by NotABigDeal
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Originally posted by highroller4321
Well I am pretty new here so I thought that I would post.
I am probably one of the youngest members of this forum as for I am only 20! I live in Iowa(anyone else live in iowa?)..I always thought that I would rather live someplace else intill I realized how "sheltered" the midwest is from the worst of things.
I got into precious metals a little over 2 years ago. I am mainly into silver but started getting some gold here recently. Im not really into coins but I learned all about them in order to know whats worth what. I sort halfs at the bank and have done some hand penny sorting. I would buy a ryedal but its hard to pay for a $350+ machine when you are only making .2-.5 cents profit on every copper you find. (Plus you have to factor in the gas and time and everything)
There are a few teenagers here I believe, not me of course....
Deal
Its good to know that their are people around my age starting to WAKE UP! Seems like everyone else I run into my age thinks im crazy for doing any of this HAHA
17 here... I know there are a couple younger too! |
| highroller4321 |
Posted - 11/02/2008 : 12:41:00
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Originally posted by NotABigDeal
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Originally posted by highroller4321
Well I am pretty new here so I thought that I would post.
I am probably one of the youngest members of this forum as for I am only 20! I live in Iowa(anyone else live in iowa?)..I always thought that I would rather live someplace else intill I realized how "sheltered" the midwest is from the worst of things.
I got into precious metals a little over 2 years ago. I am mainly into silver but started getting some gold here recently. Im not really into coins but I learned all about them in order to know whats worth what. I sort halfs at the bank and have done some hand penny sorting. I would buy a ryedal but its hard to pay for a $350+ machine when you are only making .2-.5 cents profit on every copper you find. (Plus you have to factor in the gas and time and everything)
There are a few teenagers here I believe, not me of course....
Deal
Its good to know that their are people around my age starting to WAKE UP! Seems like everyone else I run into my age thinks im crazy for doing any of this HAHA |
| NotABigDeal |
Posted - 11/02/2008 : 09:31:32
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Originally posted by highroller4321
Well I am pretty new here so I thought that I would post.
I am probably one of the youngest members of this forum as for I am only 20! I live in Iowa(anyone else live in iowa?)..I always thought that I would rather live someplace else intill I realized how "sheltered" the midwest is from the worst of things.
I got into precious metals a little over 2 years ago. I am mainly into silver but started getting some gold here recently. Im not really into coins but I learned all about them in order to know whats worth what. I sort halfs at the bank and have done some hand penny sorting. I would buy a ryedal but its hard to pay for a $350+ machine when you are only making .2-.5 cents profit on every copper you find. (Plus you have to factor in the gas and time and everything)
There are a few teenagers here I believe, not me of course....
Deal |
| highroller4321 |
Posted - 11/01/2008 : 22:26:03
Well I am pretty new here so I thought that I would post.
I am probably one of the youngest members of this forum as for I am only 20! I live in Iowa(anyone else live in iowa?)..I always thought that I would rather live someplace else intill I realized how "sheltered" the midwest is from the worst of things.
I got into precious metals a little over 2 years ago. I am mainly into silver but started getting some gold here recently. Im not really into coins but I learned all about them in order to know whats worth what. I sort halfs at the bank and have done some hand penny sorting. I would buy a ryedal but its hard to pay for a $350+ machine when you are only making .2-.5 cents profit on every copper you find. (Plus you have to factor in the gas and time and everything) |
| legacypac |
Posted - 10/03/2008 : 11:01:27
I hope some of the wiggles were born before 1982 so they are collecting copper. I learned everything I know reading on this topic here too - but there are always new members and questions to be answered, giving me something to say in addition to my normal highly opinionated posts. LOL |
| copper cane |
Posted - 10/03/2008 : 10:47:28
NotABigDeal, the answer is shame + ignorance = read, don't post!
Shame because I've been reading, learning, and following your forum's advice for years. Ignorance, because I know nothing new so best I remain a reader.
The purchase from wagsthadog was great. I'm sure he had better offers but chose to make "12" little collectors very happy. He's the best.
When I have to babysit the "12 wiggles" I just place their piggy banks with their names on them next to a $25 box of pennies. Then I sit back in my "senior citizen" chair and watch the sorting, horse trading, sneaking an extra coin, and asking "What year were you born again (everyone get their birth year coin).
So "thanks to all" and I will be doing more reading than posting.
copper cane |
| NotABigDeal |
Posted - 10/03/2008 : 06:12:37
copper cane, you've been reading here for years and just now getting around to posting? Come on man, post more! What made you start posting finaly? Welcome.
Deal
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| moboman |
Posted - 10/02/2008 : 21:46:37
Welcome copper cane. I saw you snag that box of 08 nickels. Nice find for not much over the face value and shipping! |
| copper cane |
Posted - 10/01/2008 : 09:53:11
A sincere "Thank You" for all the info I have read and learned over the many, many years reading this forum. I'm a roll searcher along with a whole lot of "little ones" pulling out birth years, pretty ones, and anything else they can find as an excuse to keep a penny. On the table is a ice cream pail called a "BoogerBucket" where all the dirty, bent, etc. go and the oldest one takes that along to deposit at her bank for gas money. So no penny ever goes unused. I learned that kids will not save but they will "collect". One piece of wisdom that came with age. Our only problem is we can't find any 2008 pennies and one of our newborns is a 2008 baby. I know this is my first post--and I can't really add anything since everything I know I learned here. I'm so grateful for all of the knowledge you have and will continue to share.
Anyone wanting to get rid of some 2008 boxes I'll gladly pay the cost of pennies-shipping-and handling. Since I know litte (make that nothing about computers) you have to contact me, however that is done. Plese don's ask me to cut and paste--well ok, I got the cut part but the Elmers glue sure messed up my keyboard when I got to the paste part.
Just remember: every cloud has a copper lining!!
New member:
Copper cane |
| PreservingThePast |
Posted - 09/12/2008 : 15:01:44
Hi Everyone.....New member here. I have been reading for awhile and I appreciate all of the great tips I have learned here. Thanks! I enjoy searching rolls of coins but probably for reasons different from most of you. I only search by hand and get excited if a roll of coins isn't shorted. Then, if I find some sort of treasure, it is even better.
Thanks again for this site and for all of the valuable information.
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| ceddy2 |
Posted - 09/07/2008 : 11:09:22
Thanks legacypac. I have always culled out the wheats, so i doubt my '70's stash has many in it, but I should take a look. As a coin collector, if I came across a real common date & mint mark wheatie that I already had plenty of, many times I'd toss it back into circulation to give some other collector a chance. I don't do that anymore!
One day back in the early '80's while working in the check out stand at a supermarket I opened a CWR of pennies that was ALL wheats! I thought "oh crap, I gotta keep these" and opened up another CWR roll: all wheats agains! Opened up a third CRW roll: all wheats again! Unfortuantely we were super busy at the time & I was not able to avoid handing some of them out in my change, but I sure snagged a bunch of them that day! |
| legacypac |
Posted - 09/07/2008 : 00:20:32
Welcome ceddy2 - you are a true pioneer far ahead of your time. Starting back then, you must have a nice wheat stash. Yes there is a real market for regular copper pennies (including Canadian Coppers to 1996). It is not for the collector value though, it is for the copper value, much like the common silver coins sold for bullion value today. We have not acheived true intrinsic value yet, likely because of the current melt ban and the fact anyone can find copper in circulation still, but that will change.
Here is an interesting article written BEFORE the current penny/nickel melt ban. http://www.coinflation.com/is_it_illegal_to_melt_coins.html Great insights about the thought process many of us share. |
| ceddy2 |
Posted - 09/07/2008 : 00:09:43
Hello, new member here! I am so glad to find this forum! I had no idea others were collecting pre-1982 pennies, but assumed I was not the only one.
I'm a 49 yr old male, & started coin collecting as a kid in the late '60's. By the time I began, silver coinage had all but disappeared from circulation.
Back in the mid-'70's when a "penny shortage" was caused by rumors that the copper penny was to cease production, I collected a gallon jug of them out of my pocket change (I still have them: lots of really nice specimens from 1974-1976!). It was easy then: every penny was copper & back then all my financial transactions were in cash. After I filled the gallon jug I quit.
Sometime in the '90's it occurred to me that the pre-1982 pennies evntually have to go the way silver did after 1965 & resumed copper penny collecting (again, just from pocket change). I noticed it was slower going as so many of my transactions were by atm/credit card or check, and like many of you I've noticed there is a lot more zinc than copper circulating. It has taken me several years to fill up that second gallon jug!
I had no idea there was such a thing as a "Ryedale" until today!
While I can understand from a collector's point of view there are people willing to pay a small premium for the garden variety wheat cents,is there really a market to sell the 1959-1981 cents at a premium?
Sorry I droned so long. I love this stuff. Oh & I too have found Indian head pennies in my pocket change! |
| Tourney64 |
Posted - 08/29/2008 : 13:44:29
Welcome olyoly1 & Brian!!!! |
| Brian |
Posted - 08/29/2008 : 11:53:00
Hi Everyone
As shown, my name is Brian, (creative handle, huh?) and I am very impressed with the bank of knowledge here. There is tons that I can learn, and perhaps I can add a little bit of information now and then. Thanks! |
| Delawhere Jack |
Posted - 08/25/2008 : 17:50:06
Microbrewery or brewpub (or both)? Where?
I used to do some homebrewing, gave it up about 10 years ago, brewed from grain and it took all day to make 10 gallons, but I'm planning to making a batch of mead soon.
Welcome aboard! Just don't get so caught up in the forum that you let the kettle boil over  |
| Copper Catcher |
Posted - 08/25/2008 : 17:43:26
Welcome oly1oly1! Congrats on the good finds... I’m with you, I love those wheat pennies. I’m 45 and remember as a kid wheat pennies were in every roll! Not anymore :-( But as least you can still find a few every now and then.
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| NotABigDeal |
Posted - 08/25/2008 : 17:40:44
Welcome to the forum. Wow, fifteen barrel? I take it you are changing careers. Nice. I wish you the best of luck.
Deal |
| oly1oly1 |
Posted - 08/25/2008 : 15:28:46
Hello All,
I collected pennies when I was younger 12 - 14 years old. Still have my collection. Wheats were alot more common back then. Now 42 with wife and 1 child. Own a consulting business going on 13 years and just bought a 15 barrel beer brewing system (opening in about 1 year after construction of my new building. Started sorting pennies with my daughter about 2 months ago. I have hand sorted $504.00 so far with fair luck.
1 1897 Indian Head
1 1909 VDB
116 Assorted wheats
5 Quarters
2 dimes
1 nickel
Averaging about 25% copper
Love seeing those wheats again. Reminds me of my penny collection days when I was younger. |
| HoardCopperByTheTon |
Posted - 08/07/2008 : 23:46:59
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Originally posted by kalliergo
I've been conducting some "investigative" sorting, by hand, trying to decide if it makes sense to acquire some equipment and crank it up a bit. I think it does make sense, although it looks like HCBTT may be in my corner of the world, so the pennies may be vanishing rapidly around here ;^) I have modest goals, however, so...
I am just lightly grazing. If you are in this area just come on over and use my equipment. I have more equipment in the penny processing center than I can run all by myself anyway.
Welcome to the forum. |
| NDFARMER |
Posted - 08/07/2008 : 21:58:07
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Originally posted by AgCollector
Hi All- I've been reading for some months now and recently decided to sign up. Currently I'm a hand sorter who just made it to the 1 million cents searched mark. In addition to copper and wheats I also focus on varieties (doubled dies, etc).
AGCollector, Welcome that is some serious sorting even with a Ryedale, I can't imagine doing that many by hand. |
| HoardCopperByTheTon |
Posted - 08/07/2008 : 19:14:47
3 Blue Stars.. What do you mean"nothing to shout about?" Very few serious hoarders here have ever found a silver dime in a penny roll and even less have found a Merc. I think there is only one other hoarder here besides myself that has found one of those. So you are in a very exclusive club. 35% is a great percentage too. Welcome to the forum. |
