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nokozan
Penny Sorter Member
35 Posts |
 Posted - 02/03/2010 : 13:29:55
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I was curious to see who the smallest of the small scale hoarders we have. here is my method I hand sort about 8 rolls a day while im at work so i get paid while I do it. most commonly i will stop after i reach about 50 cents use 2 quarters to even the till and i throw back the 82's and the really grimy cents. my hoard is increasing by about 1 roll a day. Cons i dont get to sort a lot of cent like the bigger sorters pros i Dont have to dump zincs at any banks.
also i get to check the nickle,dime,quarter rolls for silvers. and buy them at face value. working at a register is a lot of fun for someone like me. the most surprising thing for me is even at a roll a day it adds up really fast.
oh and here is a misc video to pass some time.
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Shattered
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
523 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 13:38:02
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| I get to sort about a box a week. I'm hoping to increase that though. |
"I need metal in my life, just like an eagle needs to fly."
-Joseph DeMaio : Die For Metal |
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JobIII
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1507 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 13:46:58
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| less than 1 box a week. I guess this excludes me. |
Selling Copper cents. $0 FV available at 1.4xFV. Also interested in trading for wheat pennies and other coins Please pm me for requests or inquiries.
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ScottyTX
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 13:55:14
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| I'm currently doing a box or so every two weeks if I'm lucky. Just can't seem to find the time to do more here lately. |
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 14:26:15
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My sorting rate varies. Some weeks I am definitely sorting less than you are at about 40 rolls per week, provided that you work five days a week.
Other weeks, I am able to sort more pennies than you are currently searching.
I need to step it up though. The quart canning jar needs to be full of my new daughter(-in-law)'s birth year pennies by mid June of this year for her 25th birthday. Yikes. Better sort more and post less! 
Enjoy your coin searches, everyone.  |
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kirkland
New Member
USA
0 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 14:34:55
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| I sort around 3 or 4 boxes a week and some loose rolls. |
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cecropia_moth
Penny Pincher Member
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 14:39:19
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I sort one $50.00 bag of pennies from a coin counting machine per week. My Cu percentage here in Wisconsin is pretty good...~29% w/o the Cu 1982's. So for each $50 bag, I get to keep approximately 1,500 Cu cents per week. In addition to the $50 bag, I know that I could get multiple, multiple boxes if I really wanted to. Sorting halves and dumping the various denominations is my current limiting factor.
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Ember
Penny Sorter Member
USA
27 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 14:45:19
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| I'm probably the smallest fish here. I only sort what is in my pocket change, and have yet to purchase a box/bag. Right now I am holding all my cash in waiting for silver to come down a little more, or else I would start purchasing boxes and sorting. |
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Dalmatian929
New Member
15 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 15:00:40
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I sort about 2 boxes a month - maybe a little more when it is cold like this. I don't have a large hoard and I doubt I would ever sell it for melt. I just want to save a couple hundred pounds of American history.
I am also hoping to purchase more silver if the price comes down. |
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Mikep2020
Penny Collector Member
USA
402 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 15:07:16
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| I average a box a week. My sorting is very sporadic, I sometimes sort 4 boxes over a weekend, but don't sort again for several weeks. |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2408 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 15:28:26
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Nokozan... you're lucky to work at a till. Are you in a bank, or retail? Just be careful not to let the boss catch you spending too much time with your hobby, they might frown on it and prevent you from doing any more. You've got a good thing going, don't blow it  |
Hoard now and hold on!
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http://wherewillyoubein2012.blogspot.com/ |
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Shattered
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
523 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 15:32:52
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| If I get the job at CVS hopefully I'll be able spend some time behind the till. |
"I need metal in my life, just like an eagle needs to fly."
-Joseph DeMaio : Die For Metal |
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nokozan
Penny Sorter Member
35 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 15:48:35
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Originally posted by beauanderos
Nokozan... you're lucky to work at a till. Are you in a bank, or retail? Just be careful not to let the boss catch you spending too much time with your hobby, they might frown on it and prevent you from doing any more. You've got a good thing going, don't blow it
i work at a food court of a hotel of a major company. i try to be as careful i can. |
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garnede
Penny Collector Member
USA
386 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 16:01:19
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| I sort about $200 a month, I could do more but I spend that time sorting or trying to find Half Dollars to find silver. |
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bman
Penny Collector Member
USA
425 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 17:17:08
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| I'm a hand sorter but I do about 5 or 6 boxes a week.....guess I'm out of the running. |
check out my coins for sale on ecrater : http://bmanscoinsforsale.ecrater.com/ |
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denny
Penny Pincher Member
USA
137 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 17:30:26
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| sort 2 boxes a week but found a connection to buy wheats so may switch to that |
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rosco
Penny Collector Member
USA
254 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 17:43:25
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I"M retired an RVing in the Sun doing about two boxes per week now but for one month I did not sort as it was 40 miles to bank,
Now have mag glass with light so I can sort when my Eyes are tired.
Doing some 50 cents when I can find them. |
Old Geezer a HAND Sorter |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 18:03:36
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$100, per week.
Hand sort, dirty fingers. |
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Cody8404
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 18:31:27
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| I am very spordic. Recently I have not had the time. Plus I have fatigued most of the banks around me so I have been trying to lay low for a while. |
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rodebaugh
Penny Collector Member
USA
377 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 20:16:58
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| I try and sort about a $25 box a week if I can. Look for wheats, S-mints, and anything unusual. |
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maoguinn
Penny Pincher Member
USA
118 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 20:23:18
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| I am currently working on my 3rd box since I started sorting about 10 months ago. Just don't have the time to sort more. |
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9er
New Member
6 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2010 : 06:04:59
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I sort 3 drawers (so $1.50) of pennies every day I am at work. I usually score about $0.30 in pre82s, good Canadians (I'm in MI) and grimey ones. I'm really small scale.
But I did find two silver nickles last year. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2010 : 06:23:07
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Uh, I sort a little....
Deal |
Live free or die.
Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
- Samuel Adams |
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Ponce
Penny Hoarding Member
Cuba
630 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2010 : 12:19:02
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| None.......or I'll be doing it for the rest of my natural life. |
"If you don't hold it, you don't own it"...Ponce |
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Cerulean
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
993 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2010 : 13:31:47
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| I sort my pocket change, about a handful per month, plus a box or two each year. |
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uthminsta
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1872 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2010 : 16:36:07
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| I usually ask for $10 when I go to the bank. This YEAR, I've probably only sorted $25. I'm also in the process of beginning a new ministry, so that is why I haven't done much. |
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how small scale of a sorter are you?
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