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knibloe
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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 Posted - 07/21/2009 : 16:07:30
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I can finally join the 2009 IH club. I found a 1906 in a bag. Not a bad penny, I can read the full liberty.
I knew it was going to be a good bag when I saw 2- 1928 looking at me from the bag. I got a knife and slit it open and grabbed them. Then there was another and another wheat... I found the IH hand sorting the bag out of excitement.
So far sifting through the bag I have found 86 wheats, 1 IH and 3 2009 wood choppers (I finally got my first ones yesterday).
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jonflyfish
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
551 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2009 : 16:09:59
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| I just knew today would be a great day- congrats knibloe! |
The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; second is war. Both bring a temporary (and false) prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunities. |
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1480 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2009 : 16:12:58
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Sweet.  Is there a pic coming..? 
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dakota1955
Penny Hoarding Member
801 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2009 : 16:48:52
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| Glad you could join the club. |
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CoinHunter53562
Moderator
USA
1754 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2009 : 18:00:09
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| Congrats on the IHC and on finding 86 wheats! |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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knibloe
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
771 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2009 : 15:12:35
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I hand sorted the bag. I found 2 IH 1906 and 1901. There were 121 wheats including 2 steels, and one 1928 canadian king george.
After finding the indian and steel pennies I told my wife I would need to get a 1909 out of it to make it a perfect trifecta. I suppose that finding the King George made it a trifecta anyway. A 1909 would have made it a grand slam bag!! |
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JobIII
Penny Collector Member
USA
464 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2009 : 15:20:56
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Nice finds, where did you get the bag from Bank or CU?
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Selling Coppers 1.35 + shipping. *800.00* ~sold~ |
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Computer Jones
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
960 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2009 : 17:16:35
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Nice finds from a nice bag.
You did go back ASAP to see if they had any more, right? |
There's profit if you melt things!!
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knibloe
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
771 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2009 : 17:28:03
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Originally posted by Computer Jones
Nice finds from a nice bag.
You did go back ASAP to see if they had any more, right?
I bought the 4 bags they had, and the head teller always calls me(long distance no less) when she has more.
I am going to call her and ask to hold onto any bags of dimes and qtrs. The last time the elderly woman was dumping coins, I got 7 silver qtrs, 12 silver dimes and 7-8 war nickels. I'll get the dimes and qtrs, but $1400 on nickles was too much work for the small return. It took me a year to hand sort the darn things. In fact, I think that there are still some in the garage. |
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dbzfan
New Member
USA
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Posted - 07/23/2009 : 11:05:25
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still waiting for my first one.
Good job and congrats to you! |
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PreservingThePast
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
697 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2009 : 18:07:34
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Originally posted by knibloe
I hand sorted the bag. I found 2 IH 1906 and 1901. There were 121 wheats including 2 steels, and one 1928 canadian king george.
After finding the indian and steel pennies I told my wife I would need to get a 1909 out of it to make it a perfect trifecta. I suppose that finding the King George made it a trifecta anyway. A 1909 would have made it a grand slam bag!!
That is extremely awesome. Super Duper Congrats to you for those fantastic finds!!!
Continued success. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 07/28/2009 : 08:27:05
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Congrats on getting your first Indian Head of the year! I still haven't gotten one this year. Guess I just need to "sort more." You have to work on your nickel sorting technique. Even though I am a machine sorter most of the time, I hand sorted about half that many nickels in a couple of days. I agree that the returns are low, but bagging a hide can be just as exciting as finding an IHC.  |
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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Computer Jones
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
960 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2009 : 21:09:01
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Guess I just need to "sort more."
How could that be physically possible?!?!
(Well, I guess there's Theoretical Physics.) |
There's profit if you melt things!!
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I'm in!! I'm in!!
