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HoardCopperByTheTon
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Posted - 07/21/2007 : 10:50:07
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Hard to be discrete when you are asking for 24 boxes at a time. They know I'm a penny junkie. If they ask why I want so many pennies I just tell them I am a collector and I like looking through them. Much more efficient to get lots of boxes at one stop. If they ask if I have an account I go ahead and open one as long as it is free. I have lots of accounts with only 10 bucks in them. Don't be shy about asking for lots of pennies.. they might just say "Yes!"
I think N.F. String & Son paper is used more back east.. it is just another generic wrapping paper. Of course if you wanted to reroll your pennies in that paper because people on eBay want new BU coins in N.F. String & Son paper (somehow believing coins in that paper are better) then you could just order the paper from their website and roll your own.
"Preserving coinage.. 2 tons at a time"
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Edited by - HoardCopperByTheTon on 07/21/2007 15:25:47 |
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centsless
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 07/21/2007 : 17:07:12
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well i went back to the same branch where i got my 50% yesterday and asked for 30 rolls today. Lo and behold this time they gave me all hand wrapped ones. one very old looking wrapper i recognized as the same kind that i got on a roll last saturday when i went there. the numbers are alittle skewed because 1 roll was entirely old canadian. latest date was 1973 and there was 1 1932 (numismatic value 50 cents). i didnt get the 50% this time but did a little better than my average.
456 copper incl 1 wheat for 30.4%.
59 canadian.
57 1982's
i guess somebody decided that they didnt need gramps old roll of canadian pennies that had been in the attic since '73 |
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 Posted - 07/21/2007 : 17:43:31
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grettin's ya'll
todays booty
40 rolls
17%
2 wheaties
2 canandians
2 dimes
have a glorious weekend! Miguel |
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2007 : 19:25:16
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todays box:
667 copper
1729 zinc
88 1982's
12 wheats
4 canadians
1 indian head 1906
667/2500 = 26.68%
its always a thrill to find an indian head. i think its amazing how one roll of 50 coins can span 100 years. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2007 : 12:41:08
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Away for the weekend so it impacts Penny sorting and buying, but it doesn't take me completely out of the game.
Coin buying report for yeasterday:
Bank of America - Livermore
1 Box customer wrapped pennies - They let me have these after I restocked them with 4 shiny new boxes of zincs. They really appreciated me binging in the 4 boxes since they missed their coin shipment on Friday.
Front desk at Doubletree in San Jose
5 rolls bank wrapped pennies - Saw them in the drawer when I was checking in at the hotel and asked if they would sell them to me. It never hurts to ask. The lady was happy to get rid of them.
"Preserving coinage.. 2 tons at a time"
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2007 : 22:14:23
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todays box:
714 copper
1681 zinc
99 1982's
4 wheats
2 canadians
714/2500 = 28.56%
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 07/23/2007 : 03:10:37
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Sorting Report for today:
2 Boxes pennies - 1 Bank wrapped, 1 Customer wrapped
1,030 Copper
13 Wheat
2 Canadian
1 US dime
20.6%
"Preserving coinage.. 2 tons at a time"
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 07/23/2007 : 09:53:00
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Weekend vacation box, northern wisconsin:
677 copper 27.08%
82 1982's 3.28% 17 small dates(more than the usuall 4 per box)
17 canadaian 6 copper
6 wheats
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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1021 Posts |
Posted - 07/24/2007 : 17:03:09
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Had trouble finding a box. My usual sources shut me down, but I did find one. I guess I'm going to have to start ordering them like some of the other guys on this forum.
551 copper 22%
3 wheats
1 copper canuck
78 82s
1 20 centavos from 1997
Total copper haul counting half the 82s, the wheats and the canuck is 23.76% My best box yet. |
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MormonMetal
Penny Pincher Member
USA
150 Posts |
Posted - 07/24/2007 : 19:07:26
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today's sort
7-24-07
$35.00 - all customer wrapped
548 copper
4 wheats
4 Canada
1 Great Britian
3 dimes
15.65 percent copper, around this area not to bad. atleast it's in the double digits. as always, more than I had before.
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 07/25/2007 : 02:02:13
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quote:
Originally posted by texcattlerancher
Had trouble finding a box. My usual sources shut me down, but I did find one. I guess I'm going to have to start ordering them like some of the other guys on this forum.
No shame in ordering them. Order several boxes so they think you're a big player. Sure beats trying to chase down all those boxes of pennies. I have 24 boxes sitting at the bank for me that I have to stop by and pick up in the morning.
Sorting Report for today:
1 roll bank wrapped pennies
15 Copper
30%
Woooooohoooooooo!!!!! I feel like I am in Michigan.. or Maine!
159 Canadian Nickels
10 Copper-Nickel
139 Honest Nickel Nickels
1 53 Lizzie Nickel
8 George VI nickels
1 1944 War Nickel
Coinflation Canada shows that pure nickels are dated 1955-1981. What the heck were pre-55 nickels made out of?
Coin Buying Report for today:
Loomis Coin Drop at work
6 Rolls bank wrapped pennies
Fremont Coin Club
421 Canadian Cents
159 Canadian Nickels
1 2 pesos gold piece - also won another won of these as well as a Silver Eagle in the Raffle.
"Preserving coinage.. 2 tons at a time"
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centsless
Penny Pincher Member
119 Posts |
Posted - 07/25/2007 : 17:32:33
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you are SMOKIN there Hoard Copper by the Ton!!
20 b/w rolls today
291 copper for 29.1% including 11 wheat
30 82's
4 canadian
it amazes me in these bankwrapped rolls how you can get pennies which have seeming been turned in at the same time. Of the 11 wheaties i got today in just 20 rolls, 8 were 1942 or 1942D. that would suggest that someone turned in a large amt of pennies from those years at the same time. PS since i started this in April, i have seen many pennies from 41 - 45 but not one steelie yet. |
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MormonMetal
Penny Pincher Member
USA
150 Posts |
Posted - 07/25/2007 : 19:21:20
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today's sort
07-25-07
$20.00 - all customer wrapped
420 copper
10 wheats
1 dime
4 Canada
1 Bahamas
1 Australia
21.00 % copper. Finally broke 20 % feels pretty good. More than I had before.
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pencilvanian
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2209 Posts |
Posted - 07/25/2007 : 19:45:43
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"Coinflation Canada shows that pure nickels are dated 1955-1981. What the heck were pre-55 nickels made out of?"
Pre 55 nickels of Canda-
1952-1954 Chromium & nickel plated steel
1951 If it had the image of the bicentennial of nickel in the front it was nickel,
if not, it was Chromium & nickel plated steel
1946-1950 nickel
1944-1945 chrome plated steel
1942-1943 Tombac (nickel alloy)
1942 if round, nickel
1922-1941 nickel
1920-1921 SILVER .80%
1919 & earlier SILVER .925
From Collecting World Coins 11th edition.
I should have chosen "Cut-n-Paste" as a forum name, since that is what I do, mostly. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2007 : 01:02:50
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Originally posted by centsless
you are SMOKIN there Hoard Copper by the Ton!!
PS since i started this in April, i have seen many pennies from 41 - 45 but not one steelie yet.
Thanks centsless. I had to stop after sorting just one roll.. otherwise I was sure I was going to mess up my percentage.. LOL. I have found only 1 1943 steel cent in all the coins I have sorted.
Thanks for the info on the Canadian Nickels, pencilvanian. I was glad to finally get some after reading all the stories here about guys getting all those solid nickels.
Buying report for today:
Bank of America - Livermore
24 Boxes bank wrapped pennies
5 rolls shiny new Idaho quarters
Loomis coin drop at work
8 rolls bank wrapped pennies
5 rolls bank wrapped nickels
"Preserving coinage.. 2 tons at a time"
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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1021 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2007 : 21:48:56
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1 dime (The first time I have found one)
3 copper canadians
7 wheats: nothing older than 49
72 82s
493 coppers 19.7%
With half the 82s and the other copper, total copper harvest was 21.56%. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2007 : 06:20:38
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Coin buying report for today:
Loomis Coin drop at work
7 rolls bank wrapped pennies
2 shiny new rolls of nickels
"Preserving coinage.. 2 tons at a time"
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2007 : 17:16:15
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2 rolls
33 copper
2 82's
What would be the best way to store the copper for future selling? Rolled up or in bags? Or in my case right now-in coffee cans. |
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MormonMetal
Penny Pincher Member
USA
150 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2007 : 17:43:38
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Ryedale
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 07/27/2007 : 17:53:27
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quote:
Originally posted by Hirbonzig
2 rolls
33 copper
2 82's
What would be the best way to store the copper for future selling? Rolled up or in bags? Or in my case right now-in coffee cans.
My friend and I had a thought. We were thinking that 1 gallon milk containers (Plastic, rinsed and dried out of course) would make a good trade unit size coin-tainer. They would hold $50 in coppers nicely, which calculates out to about ~34 lbs of coins. Then you could "borrow" some milk crates from the local dairy and nicely stack them 4 at a time. Each crate would be 136 lbs. Then you could perhaps stack them 4 high, and build a wall of sorts (no pun intended).
It may be hard to get them out later, and you may have to razor the milk jug, but for "free" long term storage, many people already drink the milk, and the containers are quite durable. Much more than any ziplock or heavy poly bag. Getting the coins in would be facilitated by sawing off a transmission funnel (long taper type...Walmart $1.50)so it just fits inside the mouth of the jug. Then if you have a wrapper with batch function, just go right off the bagger into the funnel.
Any thoughts welcome.
Ryedale
Hoard Copper Pennies,
The market will develop |
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2007 : 18:00:21
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sorted $20 today
539 copper
1382 zinc
71 1982's
5 wheats
2 canadians
539/2000 = 26.95%
one of the wheats was a 1910. pretty well worn to nothing. |
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centsless
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 07/27/2007 : 18:25:46
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30 rolls today:
375 copper for 25%
15 wheat incl a 1927
75 1982's
12 canadian
Can anyone explain to me how to tell the difference btw a copper 82 and a zinc 82? i have been getting alot more lately |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 07/27/2007 : 18:36:29
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quote:
Originally posted by Hirbonzig
2 rolls
33 copper
2 82's
What would be the best way to store the copper for future selling? Rolled up or in bags? Or in my case right now-in coffee cans.
I think the way you store them depends on what you have available as far as containers and equipment. Think about how you will be selling them. What will the standard unit size be? I would think they would sell in nice even unit sizes the same as wheat cents and silver bullion coins do now. So your most common storage size would be $50 bags. Those milk jugs might work, but what is the possiblility of the coins turning nasty and green from long term storage in such a container.. would that make them unmarketable? Check with your bank and see if they will give you some free bank bags. One of my banks gives me lots of those heavy duty plastic bags they ship coins in. I fill them up with zinc and turn them in. I also fill them with copper cents and store them. They hold $50 nicely. I really like the canvas coin bags for long term storage if you can get them. Some banks give them away for free because they have all converted to the heavy duty plastic bags for shipment. You can also buy them from banking supply houses for about $1.10 each. I think buyers would like to get them packaged that way. You might also set aside a a few half bags ($25 each) so you won't have to recount them. That will probably be a standard unit also. I wouldn't bother rolling them (lots of work) unless you have a rolling machine. If you have access to a rolling machine you might want to make up some solid copper rolls like the Hobbit's Hoard guy does and fill up some of your empty $25 penny boxes with them. Those boxes stack really well, and a roll is a good standard unit. You also have everything precounted and you can make a sale and quickly count out the amount for the buyer at whatever level he wishes to invest. Soem people who can't get any free coin bags have been known to store $25 or $50 in copper pennies in those Free Tyvek Priority mail envelopes from the post office. Of course those are only supposed to be used for mailing purposes. Maybe those folks are just getting everything ready to ship way ahead of time.. 
"Preserving coinage.. 2 tons at a time"
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pencilvanian
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 07/27/2007 : 21:27:44
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For the $50 penny bag be advised that each bag will weigh a little over 32 pounds. ( I learned this the hard way Talk about a penny workout.)
I should have chosen "Cut-n-Paste" as a forum name, since that is what I do, mostly. |
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
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Posted - 07/27/2007 : 22:09:06
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I think hoard copper by the ton is right,in that the best amount to store copper in is the "bag" $50 or the "half bag" $25. I like ryedale's idea of a $50 milk jug-it comes with its own handle too. As for a milk jug turning the coins into green slime,do milk jugs have PVC's in them to do this?
I also like the idea of using the old pennie boxes for storage. $25 in loose copper should fit in nicely with a piece of cardboard to help stabilize any gaps. |
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