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AmalekiDad
Penny Pincher Member
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 Posted - 09/28/2009 : 22:01:47
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I dumped 13,350 zincs today. My dump bank has a coin counter. I ended up with 12 rejects that would not go through. I took a good look at them and they are all thick. They are not as thin as regular pennies. So - what do I do with them? Spend them and get my 12 cents worth? Start a thick zinc collection?
Various dates 1993 - 2007.
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Edited by - AmalekiDad on 09/28/2009 22:14:48 |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2009 : 23:56:27
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Put them on a digital scale and weigh them. Is it possible they were made on extra thick plancets or possibly plancets meant for a foreign coin?
Hope that free coin counter wasn't a CoinStar.. that is a pretty good sized dump.  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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twocents
Penny Collector Member
398 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2009 : 00:16:37
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Hoard,
My last Coinstar dump was 17,500. It took an hour. My wife wants a Kindle from Amazon, so I needed the gift card. I don't know about the thick zincs. I just run coins through 30-40 times until the machine accidentally takes the ones it doesn't want. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2009 : 00:25:20
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An hour sounds about right for that many. Their website claims 600 coins per minute, but actual count rate is closer to 300 CPM.
They have a free coinstar at my credit union. I try not to do significant dumps there. It kills me to stand in front of a machine that runs 10 times slower than the ones I have at home.
Careful when trying to forcefeed it the rejects. Do a count next time. You may find that it is eating them, but not giving you credit for them. |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2533 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2009 : 04:20:04
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$175/hr = 291.67/min
Yeah, try to find a CU that has the big Da La Rue machine. It is running around 2500/min. I can dump $700+ and be gone in about 1/2 hour. It just depends on how fast the girls change the bags. The 2 that i use the most have nice couches across from the machine, so I just kick back and relax while they change the bags. I also try to chat with the ladies, throw out a nice compliment when it is appropriate. Gotta stay on their good side if you want to continue to dump large quantities of zinc. |
You don't have to be the BEST you just have to be.......SLICK
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twocents
Penny Collector Member
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Posted - 09/29/2009 : 07:29:59
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| You're living the good life, slick. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 09/30/2009 : 01:30:02
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| lol.. finding a CU with any machine in my area is like trying to find buzzard cents in my sorting. Good thing I have that pair of Mach 7's sitting side by side each cranking out 4,000 coins a minute. |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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