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| knibloe |
Posted - 06/25/2008 : 10:39:21
This thread is an attempt to prevent the complete hijacking of one of Lemon Throwers threads.
I bought a bag of pennies from a bank the other day. They said it was $100. I weighed it when I got home. 59.2#.
I figure a bag of pure zinc would weigh 55# That means that there are 4.2# additional = 1907 grams divide by .61 grams (additional weight of a copper penny) = 3125 copper pennies in the bag. That would be 31.25%
Am I right on this? |
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| kavajava |
Posted - 07/08/2008 : 22:50:14
The $25 I sorted last week had a single Canadian in it--but it was copper... |
| knibloe |
Posted - 07/06/2008 : 15:15:05
quote:
Originally posted by kavajava
That's a lot of Canadians...do you live in a border state?
Yes, I live in NY about 60 miles from the border. the number of Canadians did not suprise me as i was gueseing about 200. I was suprised that som any of them were copper. Generally, there is a higher % of steel Canadians.
Congradulatins to the winners. |
| HoardCopperByTheTon |
Posted - 07/05/2008 : 23:44:36
Thanks for doing all the hard work knibloe. It was a close contest.. thanks to all who participated. Here are the winners:
Total Copper - 2940 guess (only missed by 6!) - simplicitycounts
Total Wheats - 25 guess (only missed by 1!) - Ag maniac
Total Canadian Copper - 111 guess - PennyWhoreDer
Congrats to all the winners!!! Please PM me your address so I can ship out the prizes.
Both longhorn and TenBears correctly guessed the # of Indians at zero.. but unfortunately there was no contest for that.  |
| kavajava |
Posted - 07/05/2008 : 23:13:34
That's a lot of Canadians...do you live in a border state? |
| knibloe |
Posted - 07/05/2008 : 21:58:56
Finished!!!!
Total Coppers 2934
Total wheats 26
Total cu Canadians 178 (including a 1939 king)
Hoard will determine the winners.
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| knibloe |
Posted - 07/04/2008 : 23:49:54
Orderd the ryedale.
Bag down to 13.2#
total coppers 2248
total wheats 20
total Cu canadians 129 |
| knibloe |
Posted - 07/04/2008 : 07:16:54
Well stop sorting and start buying and hoarding unsorted bags and rolls now. The Ryedale will catch up real quick and you will no longer be counting exact numbers of coppers etc, just dealing in bulk pennies.
Oh and Go Canadian Copper Pennies !!! You're getting lots of those 98%ers
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I've been buying 2-3 bags week and throwing them in a pile in the garage for a while now. Also, short of counting this bag, I haven't done any real sorting in over a month. Even when I get a Ryedale, I won't be a big time sorter. I can't find a bank with a counter withing 40 miles of my house. The only convenient one that I know of is 90 minutes away and that is where I get my bags for sorting. They are averaging 30-35% and do not want to mess that up. |
| legacypac |
Posted - 07/04/2008 : 01:25:49
quote:
Originally posted by knibloe
I make arrangements to get my priorities in order 5 min ago. I left Andy a message saying I wanted to place my Ryedale order.
Well stop sorting and start buying and hoarding unsorted bags and rolls now. The Ryedale will catch up real quick and you will no longer be counting exact numbers of coppers etc, just dealing in bulk pennies.
Oh and Go Canadian Copper Pennies !!! You're getting lots of those 98%ers |
| knibloe |
Posted - 07/03/2008 : 22:12:18
Slow but sure:
Bag down to 23.8#
Coppers 1681
wheats 13
Copper canadians 101 (do we have a winner in this category?) |
| knibloe |
Posted - 07/03/2008 : 08:07:46
I make arrangements to get my priorities in order 5 min ago. I left Andy a message saying I wanted to place my Ryedale order. |
| the_cent_guy |
Posted - 07/02/2008 : 23:22:37
quote:
Originally posted by knibloe
Work has been crazy so I have not had a lot of time to sort.
Bag down to 29.4#
Copper 1418
wheats 13
Cu Canadians 90
Other canandian 13
Work has been crazy for me too, but I still managed to go through around $1150 (a few hours last night, and some today).. You need to get your priorities in order, it's only a $100 bag |
| knibloe |
Posted - 07/02/2008 : 22:02:23
Work has been crazy so I have not had a lot of time to sort.
Bag down to 29.4#
Copper 1418
wheats 13
Cu Canadians 90
Other canandian 13 |
| knibloe |
Posted - 06/30/2008 : 21:35:42
I just posted an update, but do not know why it did not post. So far, the bag is down to 36.4# from it's original 59.2#
Copper cents 1091
Wheats 10 (one 1943 steel and one 1919)
Cu canadains 67 (including 2 kings)
other canadians 10
dimes 1
other 1-10 cent euro
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| TXTim |
Posted - 06/30/2008 : 15:14:26
Contest 1 - 1989 copper cents
Contest 2 - 21 wheat cents
Contest 3 -8 copper Canadians |
| Ag maniac |
Posted - 06/28/2008 : 19:48:08
3050 for the Cu pennies
25 wheaties
12 Canucks |
| kieblera5 |
Posted - 06/28/2008 : 19:23:42
Only a couple of hours left! Anyone else want to guess? |
| SANITARIUM_INMATE |
Posted - 06/27/2008 : 13:01:56
2,350 coppers
31 wheats
4 canadians unless you are in the north then
26 canadians |
| NotABigDeal |
Posted - 06/27/2008 : 06:18:15
3017
21
19
I'm bad at these guessing games....
Deal |
| cwilk288 |
Posted - 06/26/2008 : 22:53:08
1. 3113
2. 36
3. 31
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| Flbandit |
Posted - 06/26/2008 : 20:26:34
1. 3002 coppers
2. 28 wheats
3. 48 canadian |
| coppernicus |
Posted - 06/26/2008 : 19:44:38
2950,34,78 |
| copperpennies |
Posted - 06/26/2008 : 19:31:30
Contest 1 - 3100 copper cents
Contest 2 - 42 wheat cents
Contest 3 -43 copper Canadians |
| penniesmakescents |
Posted - 06/26/2008 : 19:25:45
Contest 1 - 2047 copper cents
Contest 2 - 28 wheat cents
Contest 3 -11 copper Canadians |
| kavajava |
Posted - 06/26/2008 : 14:43:36
Contest 1 - 3062 copper cents
Contest 2 - 33 wheat cents
Contest 3 - 4 copper Canadians |
| TenBears |
Posted - 06/26/2008 : 13:58:21
Contest 1 -- 2888 copper
Contest 2 -- 19 wheat
Contest 3 -- 7 Copper Canadians
Zero Indians because they don't exist in the wild. |
