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cecropia_moth
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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 Posted - 07/26/2009 : 10:53:53
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Thought I would start a new thread for people to post any neat/exciting finds they get from those Give a Penny/Take a Penny trays. I apologize in advance if a similar thread has already been started.
Here's mine from this morning at a BP gas station/convenience store --
Walked in with my usual small handful of Zincolns to exchange...sitting right on top was a wheatie and an '09 logsplitter (LP2). Grabbed both of them. Expected it to be the usual '56D or '58D but when I got home I found it to be a 1939S in really nice condition. Certainly not a key date, but mintage on the '39S is still a relatively low ~52MM.
Take care,
Jeff
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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2009 : 11:05:44
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| Hello Cecropia moth. |
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Ant
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
894 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2009 : 13:24:51
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No good GAP/TAP finds lately. I am only posting to tell you how awesome your name is, cecropia moth.  I haven't seen one of those in a lonnnng time. |
Lovely dimes, the liveliest coin, the one that really jingles. --Truman Capote
Coins are the metallic footprints of the history of nations. --William H. Woodin |
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Corsair
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 07/26/2009 : 13:58:23
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| I found three coppers from those trays down in Branson. And the only moth I know if is the Death's Head moth, from The Silence of the Lambs. Scary-looking thing. |
So long, Realcent 1. Come visit us at Realcent.org! |
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2212 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2009 : 14:46:22
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| Glad you started this thread. Have not found anything great but I leave cross cut out pennies as I travel. |
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coinwolf
Penny Collector Member
USA
277 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2009 : 14:50:08
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dakota you must have travled through eastern NC because I have found 3 or 4 in the last few months. |
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1112 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2009 : 15:06:23
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I got a '43P War Nickle from an ARCO tray last month.
I got a 99% Canuk-A-Nickle in Feb from the same ARCO.
Last year I scored a '62 Dime from a tray while I was traveling thru Idaho to Montana.
I'm just under 3 rolls of Cu for this month.
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There's profit if you melt things!!
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2212 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2009 : 16:32:13
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| No I have been there yet but I am going through Minn, Wisc. and Ill right now. |
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2009 : 17:54:59
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Originally posted by dakota1955
Glad you started this thread. Have not found anything great but I leave cross cut out pennies as I travel.
I wonder if it was one of yours that I found last September searching a roll here in Central Florida. I know that it certainly gave me peace during my husband's lengthy hospitalization and recuperation that began just days after I found that coin.
Thanks for that thoughtful project, whether or not it was yours I found. |
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2009 : 17:56:09
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Welcome, Cecropia Moth.
Enjoy! |
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2212 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2009 : 21:06:45
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| Who know were they all end up at but that is not in my hands. |
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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2009 : 21:36:05
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| I've got a pair in east pa. |
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cecropia_moth
Penny Pincher Member
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2009 : 16:41:28
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Reviving my old thread...
My dad got in the act this morning and found a 1929-S wheat in the GAP/TAP tray at a Pick-N-Save grocery store. Would have been a real nice coin too except that it has a small rim nick...too bad. I see that mintage on that one is a relatively low ~50.15 MM. He was proud of his find and woke me up to tell me about it!!!
Anyone else come up w/ any interesting finds from these trays recently?
Take care,
Jeff |
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sheba
Penny Pincher Member
USA
191 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2009 : 22:13:51
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This qustion will show how 'dumb' I am concerning penny collecting/hoarding. Please tell me what is a GAP/TAP tray? Sorry for asking a stupid question 
Recently picked up several rolls from different banks and have been hitting about 45 - 50% coppers, plus several early 70s that are beautiful BU condition. this suddenly got really fun
sheba |
woof ... wag ... whine |
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MichaelOnion
Penny Pincher Member
USA
105 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2009 : 23:04:13
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Hi sheba. To quote a wise man. "There are no stupid questions, just stupid people" :) J/K
GAP/TAP = Give-A-Penny/Take-A-Penny
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klava
Penny Pincher Member
USA
192 Posts |
Posted - 10/03/2009 : 00:35:14
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| 24 wheatie last week at a local gas station and a 35 wheatie at a gas station in north carolina yesterday |
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sheba
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 10/03/2009 : 00:41:59
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Thanks very much for your gracious answer, MichaelOnion. Had I more carefully read the first post (Cecropia-Moth), I would have had my answer before I asked my question  . In any case, happy hunting and good sucess to all those who look through the GAP/TAP trays .
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1112 Posts |
Posted - 10/03/2009 : 11:45:17
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1936P from a Chevron station tray Friday 10/2/09.
I've stopped counting how much Cu I've picked out for free.
It's probably over $5, one free penny at a time, so far this year. |
There's profit if you melt things!!
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n/a
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Posted - 10/12/2009 : 01:30:21
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Found a quarter today in at a BP in Chicago, I just took it along with a 1972 penny left the other five cents in there. The clerk seemed oblivious. Then I wondered, was that moral? And more importantly who would leave a quarter in there anyway?
I'm not so sure scooping everything, every time, is immoral. After all the person who left it was essentially giving it to whoever needed it.
I decided to do an experiment and start scooping all of them. I won't hide my actions from the clerk. I will make sure he/she sees. Then just note the reactions in a notebook. Of course if a clerk reacts strongly I'll just put them back (after grabbing/replacing the copper, of course)
This should be fun. I used to do experiments like this a lot in college (psych). One of my favorites was the elevator experiment. Get in a crowded elevator in a high rise, stand at the back of the elevator facing the wall (not the door). Have a friend (confederate) note the reactions of the people.
not unlike spending 60-80 half dollar coins for a fillup  |
BUY GOLD/SILVER |
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cecropia_moth
Penny Pincher Member
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2009 : 14:35:01
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Cool...let us know how it turns out.
My dad had another small find from that same Pick-N-Save that yielded the 29-S wheat a few weeks back...a couple days ago he came away with a '67 Canadian rockdove 1-cent.
I find that these trays around here (SE Wisconsin) often yield Canadians. A good explanation would probably be that most people either do not want them or don't know what they are, so they just chuck 'em. I especially like finding the pre-1980 Canadian cents (98% and 3.24 grams vs. our 95% and 3.11 grams). Those coins are little chunkers.
I wonder if any members in South Florida for instance find Caribbean coins or members in South Texas/Arizona/etc. find Mexican coins in these trays at a high(er) rate than in other areas of the country???
Take care,
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cecropia_moth
Penny Pincher Member
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - 12/02/2009 : 18:54:10
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1955-D wheat from the tray at the corner Mobil station this afternoon.
Jeff |
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2212 Posts |
Posted - 12/02/2009 : 19:31:41
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| Just got 500 more cross cut pennies to give away. |
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Mikep2020
Penny Collector Member
USA
402 Posts |
Posted - 12/02/2009 : 19:42:35
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quote:
Originally posted by dakota1955
Just got 500 more cross cut pennies to give away.
DO your cross cut pennies look like this?
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2212 Posts |
Posted - 12/02/2009 : 20:17:12
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| yes it is I have given out over 2500 of them. |
Edited by - dakota1955 on 12/02/2009 20:22:40 |
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Mikep2020
Penny Collector Member
USA
402 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 11:49:16
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quote:
Originally posted by dakota1955
yes it is I have given out over 2500 of them.
I wonder what the odds were for me to find 1 of 2500 pennies in a pool of billions of pennies circulating out there. I think its lotto ticket time this week 
Also, this morning I made my first inspection ever of the GAP/TAP tray at the local gas station/convience store and sure enough there was a 1964 canadian silver dime looking up at me from the pile. I'm famous for beginners luck |
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Junk Woody
Penny Collector Member
Canada
262 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 18:37:21
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Nice score on the silver.
I traded 2 modern plated steel dimes for 4 pre 82 nickels out of the tip jar at a sushi place yesterday.
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