I've been doing silver and gold since 2003 and got bored with it (and besides, it's getting pricey). Copper is fun for me, I'm gonna try for a $5,000 hoard and then double my target once I reach it if finances permit. Just have to figure out where to keep it.
My Dad used to pull IHP's when he was little...so I pulled the wheats when I was little through his change.... then I pulled copper pennies out of my change after the mint switched metals. But now for about 2 months I actually go to the bank to get boxes to pull Cu pennies.
Really big? My copper haul is still less than $300 so I am still just a beginner.
Silver Monometalism is the most permanent and stable form of money the world has seen. Natural law and history prove silver value is best multiplied by gold and best divided by copper. It is only in this counterfeit currency time when the natural law appears suspended.
Hey, $300 is quite a bit (okay, other people in here have bigger bragging rights) but the general public? I'll bet you have more CU saved than 99.9999999% of the world population. That list would be over six billion long, and you must be in the top one thousand. And the question referred to setting a big goal, not how far along you are so far.
I started hand sorting in March 2008. Then I got serious and bought a ryedale in June 2009. I joined the forum several weeks ago, but this is my first post. Enjoy reading all the comments on the site.