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oly1oly1
Penny Sorter Member
USA
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 Posted - 08/23/2009 : 22:31:00
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I found my first silver while sorting pennies. I had a mercury dime land in the zinc reject pile. I've found several dimes but was surprised to see a silver mercury in my pennies.
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dakota1955
Penny Hoarding Member
801 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2009 : 22:37:53
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1305 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2009 : 22:55:02
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| and an awesome find congrats! |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
5250 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2009 : 00:39:48
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Congrats on the find. Finding silver in your penny rolls puts you in a very select club. Finding a Mercury puts you in an even more select group. I have only found one Mercury in all my penny rolls.  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Let me see if I understand this? If you cross the North Korean border illegally, you get 12 years hard labor; the Iranian border illegally you are detained indefinitely. If you cross the US border illegally, you get a driver’s license, a social security card, welfare, food stamps, free health care!
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3251 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2009 : 06:08:11
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Originally posted by HoardCopperByTheTon
Congrats on the find. Finding silver in your penny rolls puts you in a very select club. Finding a Mercury puts you in an even more select group. I have only found one Mercury in all my penny rolls.
Congratulations oly1oly1.
Two Merc's ever for me. Several silvers though. It's those bags man....
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Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it harder for sober people to own cars.
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
5250 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2009 : 08:48:39
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| Anybody can find them in bags. Finding them in rolls adds a much higher degree of difficulty. |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Let me see if I understand this? If you cross the North Korean border illegally, you get 12 years hard labor; the Iranian border illegally you are detained indefinitely. If you cross the US border illegally, you get a driver’s license, a social security card, welfare, food stamps, free health care!
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TXTim
Penny Collector Member
466 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2009 : 15:48:52
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Congrats!
I'm envious! |
Beer is my currency. |
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1480 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2009 : 16:35:27
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That is definitely an exclusive club. Congrats on your score. 
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coinwolf
Penny Pincher Member
USA
139 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2009 : 17:28:23
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Found several dirty dark dimes in my rolls but never a silver dime! Good nice find. Congrats!
Was it a bag or rolls? |
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c140cessna
Penny Collector Member
USA
419 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2009 : 20:12:41
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| In all my sorting ...only silver 2 times.....a Rosie and Canadian 80% Young Queen. Finding silver is pretty hard to do in pennies. |
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oly1oly1
Penny Sorter Member
USA
57 Posts |
Posted - 08/25/2009 : 08:00:49
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I found this mercury in a cwr bag.
By the way what does CWR stand for?
I know it is the bags counted and sorted by the bank, but what does it stand for. |
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PreservingThePast
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
697 Posts |
Posted - 08/30/2009 : 08:51:39
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Originally posted by oly1oly1
I found this mercury in a cwr bag.
By the way what does CWR stand for?
I know it is the bags counted and sorted by the bank, but what does it stand for.
Super Duper Congrats on that awesome find!!! Really nice.
Could the CWR when used with bags also refer to "Customer Wrapped Rolls" to let the coin service know how the bank obtained the coins in the bag? Just a thought. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3251 Posts |
Posted - 08/30/2009 : 12:53:04
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Originally posted by PreservingThePast
Super Duper Congrats on that awesome find!!! Really nice.
Could the CWR when used with bags also refer to "Customer Wrapped Rolls" to let the coin service know how the bank obtained the coins in the bag? Just a thought.
Correct.
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Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it harder for sober people to own cars.
If you want peace, prepare for war. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
5250 Posts |
Posted - 08/30/2009 : 17:20:08
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| Now you just need to find a silver roosie and a silver 6 pence for the trifecta. The six pence has to be really old to be silver. |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Let me see if I understand this? If you cross the North Korean border illegally, you get 12 years hard labor; the Iranian border illegally you are detained indefinitely. If you cross the US border illegally, you get a driver’s license, a social security card, welfare, food stamps, free health care!
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Robarons
Penny Collector Member
USA
370 Posts |
Posted - 08/30/2009 : 17:24:48
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Thats an awsome find. I was going to ask if it was tarished black to be mistaken for a penny until I saw it was a merc! Nobody can be foolish enough to confuse lady liberty with ole Abe!!
I myself just found a silver dime in a bag of pennies, but to find that in a roll is just plain lucky. What year is it? |
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oly1oly1
Penny Sorter Member
USA
57 Posts |
Posted - 08/30/2009 : 20:20:31
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The mercury was a 1936 and it is in nice condition and not tarnished at all. I haven't looked at mint mark or if their is a mint mark.
I thought if I found a mercury in my pennies, what would I find in a bag of dimes. I searched $1000.00 FV and only found 5 silver rosevelts.
Also thanks for help on CWR acronym. I see it on forum but never knew what it meant. |
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jadedragon
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Canada
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Found Silver In Pennies
