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Copper Catcher
Administrator
USA
2092 Posts |
 Posted - 10/15/2009 : 19:08:37
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Poll Question:
John D. Rockefeller was one of the richest men in the world.
Once, an interviewer asked him, “How much money is enough?”
Rockefeller replied, “Just a little bit more!”
So, how many copper pennies will you consider to be enough?
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Mcprice302
Penny Collector Member
USA
404 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2009 : 19:14:16
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| I would like to have at least $7500 face before the melt ban gets lifted and would probably sell to a smelter at $5/lb or greater. Gotta long way to go though... |
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2009 : 19:50:08
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| the only goal i really set for my hoarding is more more more!!! |
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson
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Copper Catcher
Administrator
USA
2092 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2009 : 20:33:06
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| aloneibreak .... I hear ya! |
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jonflyfish
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
693 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2009 : 20:56:49
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| Need categories in that poll that go much higher |
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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barrytrot
Administrator
USA
721 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2009 : 20:59:30
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John D. Rockefeller was once asked, "How much money is enough?" He said, "One dollar more." So it doesn't matter where you are on the scale, it's so easy to think, "If only my circumstances in life had been better."
Same with hoarding! Once cent more! |
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2212 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2009 : 21:14:33
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| I vote and my number is enough until I have to move. |
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Megaman
Penny Pincher Member
USA
173 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2009 : 21:55:00
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There should be an option that says
"I never will have enough ):" |
Must hoard more...... |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2009 : 22:12:23
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Is this poll for the # of copper cents that are enough to hoard each week?
Sounds like a question I get at home. "More pennies!!! Don't you have enough pennies?!!!"
Just a few tons more.  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2533 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2009 : 22:27:15
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Originally posted by HoardCopperByTheTon
Is this poll for the # of copper cents that are enough to hoard each week?
I agree, there are no answers up there high enough to vote unless this is a weekly amount |
You don't have to be the BEST you just have to be.......SLICK
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2old
Penny Pincher Member
188 Posts |
Posted - 10/16/2009 : 09:25:05
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| I would like to get 3-4 tons before my Rydale gives out. If I get that, I may continue until it dies, or percentages drop below 15%. We will see. |
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fasteddy
Penny Collector Member
USA
298 Posts |
Posted - 10/16/2009 : 09:39:43
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| i have lots of barrels to fill...Hoard said that my half filled barrel is maybe a 1/2 ton so the footprint of four barrels is only 4' x 4' that could easily hold 2 maybe even 4 tons...and I can get a lot of barrels however if I had 4 barrels o pennies and my wife knew that was around 12k $ I think she would buy groceries with it.;-) |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 10/16/2009 : 10:17:13
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| The trick if using barrels is to just lay a solid plank across them and make a really sturdy workbench. A couple of barrels of copper make really stout legs. Once your workbench top is mounted she will never know what's inside. Give her a bunch of zincs to buy groceries with. |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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2old
Penny Pincher Member
188 Posts |
Posted - 10/16/2009 : 10:30:39
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| Hoard is right about weight. A barrel of 99.999 copper chops which is a bit denser than pennies would be, weighs 2,300 lbs. Plus the workbench idea is pure genius!! |
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george454
Penny Pincher Member
242 Posts |
Posted - 10/16/2009 : 11:25:16
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| Right know while silver and gold are so high, enough will be determined when prices of the other come down. for the moment there to easy and cheap to acculutate when compared to S & G. But I think around the $500-1000 dollar mark will be good for me also looking at nickel right know since everything is so high. |
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fasteddy
Penny Collector Member
USA
298 Posts |
Posted - 10/16/2009 : 12:37:41
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I even have a nice solid core door for the work bench top...however I do have a long way to go just to finish filling one barrel o pennies. :-)
Picking up a box of halves and 4 boxes of pennies this afternoon. woopee! |
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ZigMeister
Penny Pincher Member
USA
229 Posts |
Posted - 10/16/2009 : 13:16:13
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quote:
Originally posted by fasteddy
i have lots of barrels to fill...Hoard said that my half filled barrel is maybe a 1/2 ton so the footprint of four barrels is only 4' x 4' that could easily hold 2 maybe even 4 tons.
What kind of barrels are these? What is the approx size? Thx |
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Coinage
Penny Collector Member
Canada
303 Posts |
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2old
Penny Pincher Member
188 Posts |
Posted - 10/16/2009 : 13:51:11
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Originally posted by ZigMeister
quote:
Originally posted by fasteddy
i have lots of barrels to fill...Hoard said that my half filled barrel is maybe a 1/2 ton so the footprint of four barrels is only 4' x 4' that could easily hold 2 maybe even 4 tons.
What kind of barrels are these? What is the approx size? Thx
55 gallon metal, plastic food grade liners are available. |
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rosco
Penny Collector Member
USA
254 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2010 : 22:38:32
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I'm at about $475 an still sorting. Mostly having fun doing it all. But currently my dump bank can't count $42.50 correctly. LOL
Guess i will have to start walking to bank with The typical $18.75 out of A $25.00 box
That would help on the waist line also. LOL |
Old Geezer a HAND Sorter |
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fasteddy
Penny Collector Member
USA
298 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2010 : 08:42:15
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| Well it has almost been a year and my barrel o pennies is not full...I guess I need to redo my list. Today on the top of the priority list is finish work early so i can head out to bird hunt for the next three days....Maybe when i get back searching the cents will get to the top. |
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Sheikh_yer_BuTay
Penny Pincher Member
USA
232 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2010 : 09:06:06
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$17,000.00 is my goal. That is a long way off.
$17,000 equals just under 6 tons. That is how much my heavy truck will haul to the smelter some day. |
"The most fiscally irresponsible government in American history."
Mort Zuckerman, liberal columnist and former Obama speech writer |
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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2010 : 09:06:53
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quote:
Originally posted by fasteddy
Well it has almost been a year and my barrel o pennies is not full...I guess I need to redo my list. Today on the top of the priority list is finish work early so i can head out to bird hunt for the next three days....Maybe when i get back searching the cents will get to the top.
Bird hunting won't fill barrels. |
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jasmatk
New Member
USA
10 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2010 : 20:18:12
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| i guess when im living inside of a huge pile of cents then ill say ok thats almost enough |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2010 : 21:00:10
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| 1 ton and I'm done. |
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rickygee
New Member
USA
8 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2010 : 17:21:55
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| Value in FRNs of a ton of copper? |
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