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wolvesdad
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
754 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2009 : 23:55:31
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I just sorted a $25 box that my mom had picked up in Oklahoma for me this past spring.
Had 72 wheat cents. INcluding a 1917 and a 1918 S.
Best Fed wrapped box I have ever sorted...far as wheats are concerned.
Didn't count the coppers(but seperated them of course.) |
"May your percentages ever increase!"
Will buy any quantity of .999 Canadian Nickels at current spot - shipped (US Address). |
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knibloe
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
771 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2009 : 21:50:40
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| 2 bags 27.93% copper. Only 13 wheats |
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
269 Posts |
 Posted - 01/09/2009 : 15:35:20
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| 1 box of cents and got 29.66% coppers. 5 wheats, oldest was a 1941. |
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marklarpants
Penny Sorter Member
USA
53 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2009 : 15:58:51
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Originally posted by wolvesdad
I just sorted a $25 box that my mom had picked up in Oklahoma for me this past spring.
Had 72 wheat cents. INcluding a 1917 and a 1918 S.
Best Fed wrapped box I have ever sorted...far as wheats are concerned.
Didn't count the coppers(but seperated them of course.)
that's almost 3%! great find. |
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gothboi30
Penny Pincher Member
USA
158 Posts |
Posted - 01/11/2009 : 19:24:06
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| Box #16; $25 NF String box. 8 s mints ('68, '69, '70(x3), '72(x2), '74) 0.3%; 6 Canadian ('69, '71, '84, '85(x2), '94) 0.2%; 7 wheats ('44(x2), '44s, '45, '50d, '56d, '57d) 0.3%; 72 1982 (52 cu/20 zn) 3%; 621 copper 25%; 1,786 zinc 71%. Again, about average for my area. Didn't find a single wheat until I was almost halfway through the box... |
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1370 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2009 : 18:00:06
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Picked up 8 Brinks boxes and $16.00 in CWR at one of my banks. Young pretty girls. Asked about dollar coins for my daughter. She said they keep all those for themselves along with silver. She went on to tell me how they are getting silver halves and mercury dimes. These girls are on top of things at this bank. The one girl loaded up the cart and took the 8 boxes out to my van. I sorted 8 boxes and the $16.00 in CWR. yeilded 22.56 %
Asked about a regular order. They said "no problem". Gonna see how many they will order for me every week. Hope the dump bank doesn't shut me down.
There boxes are clear plastic rolls. Thinking about buying dimes and quartes. Should be able to just look at the rolls through the plastic and spot any silver. |
You don't have to be the BEST you just have to be.......SLICK
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cwgii
Penny Collector Member
USA
498 Posts |
Posted - 01/15/2009 : 17:23:36
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will report numbers latter., but...
i got some cwr at the cu , looked strange, weighed and counted, 12 of 20 were wrong on the counts. got many rolls of 90-99% cu. with all the odds being 83 or 84.
several times in totaling my 1000 stats, got 50%. 86 s mints in one 1000. when it is normal to only get 4-12 per k. then this morning got a 13%cu. |
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knibloe
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
771 Posts |
Posted - 01/16/2009 : 08:33:45
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$10 in crw from Ohio.
305 coppers.
3 wheats
1 1943 kning george. He was showing on the end of one of the rolls.
another roll had a fat coin in it that I could feel from the outside.I thought it was going to be a nickel. It was a 1953 mexican 5 peso. |
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knibloe
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
771 Posts |
Posted - 01/16/2009 : 12:29:34
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Just finished sorting two bags.
bag one 24% copper bag 2- 50% copper.
Grand total of 7 wheats.
One 2 cent euro. |
Edited by - knibloe on 01/16/2009 12:37:07 |
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phillips24
Penny Pincher Member
USA
123 Posts |
Posted - 01/17/2009 : 14:51:10
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Box 1 of 2009
23.52% copper
only 7 wheaties oldest a 1920
4 canadians
4 S mints: 68, 69, 70, and 74 |
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phillips24
Penny Pincher Member
USA
123 Posts |
Posted - 01/18/2009 : 20:53:15
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2nd box of 09
22.88% copper
6 canadian
10 wheats
and 1 1963 w/lincoln smoking a pipe |
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MormonMetal
Penny Pincher Member
USA
150 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2009 : 18:38:16
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first time back sorting in a while (old wrist pain)
$30.00 sorted
440 copper
3 wheats (2-44, 1-58)
9 canada (8 copper, 1 zinc)
1 dime
15.03 % copper which is average for around here
-More than I had before
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Cerulean
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
823 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2009 : 10:41:11
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From circulation:
186 zincs (1982-2008) 75.6%
60 coppers (1960-1982) 24.4%
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246 cents = $2.46
1982 BREAKDOWN: 9 copper 90% / 1 zinc |
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knibloe
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
771 Posts |
Posted - 01/24/2009 : 17:44:51
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| 2 bags 41.1% copper |
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phillips24
Penny Pincher Member
USA
123 Posts |
Posted - 01/24/2009 : 21:02:34
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664 coppers 26.56%
6 wheats
2 canadians
1 bermuda pig |
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Mikep2020
Penny Pincher Member
USA
205 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2009 : 09:04:36
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3 boxes sorted
24% copper average over all 3
Light on the wheats, only around 35 wheats 37'-58' with 3 S-mints over all 3 boxes
heavy on the candians, around 60 total with 1 dove
Five 68'-74' s-mints with one really brilliant lightly circulated 68 S-mint on the 2nd roll of the 1st box.
One 1982-D-Z-L |
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CoinHunter53562
Moderator
USA
1754 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2009 : 19:23:27
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Did my first box for 2009 and it was a good one...
2500 cents sorted
939 1959-82 Cu 37.56%
14 Wheat cents 0.56% (oldest 1910)
18 Canadian cents 0.72%
2 more boxes to go... |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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CoinHunter53562
Moderator
USA
1754 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2009 : 12:24:12
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Box #2 finished this morning:
2500 cents sorted
737 1959-82 Cu 29.48%
14 Wheat cents 0.56% (oldest 1936)
5 Canadian cents 0.20%
Also had one 1973 counterstamped LMC with a Kennedy profile, and one blank planchet
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My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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c140cessna
Penny Collector Member
USA
419 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2009 : 04:44:41
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Sorted $600 FV = 16 boxes. All Brinks Boxes.....from various banks through 2008....had them stacked in the corner.....
32% Copper.
Using Ryedale first pass high sensitivity zinc, followed by high sensitivity copper.....found 80 wheats pre-WWII and one 1906 Indian. |
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CoinHunter53562
Moderator
USA
1754 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2009 : 20:38:22
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Box #3 finished tonight:
2500 cents sorted
897 1959-82 Cu 35.88%
11 Wheat cents 0.44% (nothing of note)
16 Canadian cents 0.64%
Not a bad set of 3 boxes....34.3% 1959-82 Cu cents so I am happy for my first go at it this year. |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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gothboi30
Penny Pincher Member
USA
158 Posts |
Posted - 02/05/2009 : 15:20:11
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Box #17; $25 Brinks box. 1 Bermuda penny (1988); 6 s mints ('69(x2), '70(x3), '74) 0.2%; 2 Canadian ('76, '01) 0.1%; 6 wheats ('44, '46, '52d, '53d(x2), '56d) 0.2%; 77 1982 (61 cu 16 zn) 3%; 630 cu 14%; 1,778 zn 71%. A truly horrible box. My lowest cu % ever from a full $25 box, and the smallest number of wheats I've ever found in a box.... |
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1480 Posts |
Posted - 02/05/2009 : 16:11:47
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Hand sorted 4 boxes and $25 in CWR.
U.S. Cu - 26.3% (including 51 wheats, oldest a '17)
Canadian Cu - 79.7% (including 4 kings, oldest a '45)
3 dimes
Total Cu - 27.5%
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
5250 Posts |
Posted - 02/05/2009 : 23:59:44
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quote:
Originally posted by c140cessna
Sorted $600 FV = 16 boxes. All Brinks Boxes.....from various banks through 2008....had them stacked in the corner.....
32% Copper.
Using Ryedale first pass high sensitivity zinc, followed by high sensitivity copper.....found 80 wheats pre-WWII and one 1906 Indian.
Looks like your copper percentages are up a couple of points from the old days. I want to know where you get those monster Brinks boxes.. out here in CA if you get 16 Brinks boxes it is only $400 FV. 
Had a little luck at a drive by today. Wasn't even expecting to get any pennies from this bank.. and they asked me if I would like some pennies. I said sure.. (heck, I can never turn down pennies) and the lady asked me how many I wanted. I said "All of them!" She says "no, how many do you really want?" I say "All of them.. at least all that you are willing to give up" She sold me 6 Brinks boxes.. these were the short boxes though.. only $25 in each one.. not the mega boxes c140cessna gets. Seems somebody at this branch ordered too many pennies this week. Hope they start letting that guy do the ordering a lot more in the future. |
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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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
5250 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2009 : 04:54:24
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Had some more luck on drive bys today. Stopped off at a Wachovia to get some play money out of the ATM since they are owned by Wells Fargo now. Decided to go inside even though I have never had any luck at this branch. They had $12 in pennies, $10 in nickels, 2 Ikes and $60 in a big baggie of half dollars. The Halves yielded a nice 57-D Franklin! Amazing how those things jump out to the experienced eye. They also told me they would be happy to order pennies for me.. Whoohoo, another source bank!!!
Stopped at the WM next door since they seem to be a pretty good source lately. Today they had 37 rolls of dimes, 46 rolls of nickels and 322 rolls of Customer Wrapped Pennies!! Plus, they gave me 4 Free canvas bank bags to haul it all out in. Starting to really like this bank again. Now if I can just get them to order me a hundred boxes of Log Cabin pennies.
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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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highroller4321
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1971 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2009 : 18:59:00
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Finally getting around to posting this. Here are my totals for my Jan 2009 sorting
Sorted $1100 Worth of pennies (110,000 pennies)
Found 37,703 copper 34.275%
Found 351 Wheats (inclduing 2 teens, 9 twenties, and 15 thirties) .003%
Found 349 Canadain (Including 4 kings 91% of the canadains where copper) .003%
Found 4 dimes!
Found 1 Nickle! (I have no idea how a nickle gets in a bag of pennies)
Found 1 Austrailan 5 cent, 1 New Zeland 1 cent, 1 barbados 1 cent, 1 mint token from the mint sets, and 1 plastic penny.
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