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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 02/08/2010 : 16:42:36
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| Then you are going to envy this, bag #3 and 32% as ND FARMER said early that we get about 30%. |
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fasteddy
Penny Collector Member
USA
298 Posts |
 Posted - 02/08/2010 : 17:34:25
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| district 11 not so good...I am smiling when I get 20% usually its in the 17% range...going to Denver in March...might make a day trip to district 9 for a pickup....I am on the same thought as LT...Houston has never seen a recession or even a slow down in my 35 years living here...my reasoning for the poor Cu %'s...Friday I stop by a branch bank and only got 17.8 % in 50 $ of CWR's, the same if it was from Fed boxes. |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2408 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2010 : 17:45:01
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Once we get some reliable numbers out of this bit of research,maybe it will help our percentages. For instance, if you are on the border between two districts, and one gets several percent more copper than the other, than you can cross into that district for your pickups. I don't know if that will turn out to be the case anywhere, but it might be. Why go to so much trouble to sort lower percentages if a better return is just a few miles further away?  |
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chris6084
Penny Collector Member
303 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2010 : 18:15:38
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| District 11, about 12% |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2010 : 18:22:18
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Originally posted by dakota1955
Then you are going to envy this, bag #3 and 32% as ND FARMER said early that we get about 30%.
Darn that makes my want to move back to North Dakota.
Well.....maybe not.
Prescott AZ District 12 18-20% |
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3 Blue Stars
Penny Sorter Member
USA
76 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2010 : 19:40:45
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| District 2, 24%. |
You're kidding, right? |
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kirkland
New Member
USA
0 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2010 : 20:01:40
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| District 11 : 15% to 20% sometimes less, and fewer times more. |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2408 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2010 : 20:28:58
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Just in case anyone is interested, this is from the 1990 census (it's all I could find):
District 1 Boston - 12,378,000
District 2 New York - 24,138,000
District 3 Philadelphia - 11,506,000
District 4 Cleveland - 16,108,000
District 5 Richmond - 23,330,000
District 6 Atlanta - 31,833,000
District 7 Chicago - 30,601,000
District 8 St Louis - 12,528,000
District 9 Minneapolis - 7,574,000
District 10 Kansas City - 13,541,000
District 11 Dallas - 18,467,000
District 12 San Francisco - 46,723,000
Contrary to popular opinion, District 9 does not include 750,000 Prawns that are properly credited to Johannesburg, South Africa  |
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toomuchcopper
Penny Collector Member
USA
406 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2010 : 17:14:03
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distric 1
30%
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visit www.crazycoinguy.com
for information on how to sort, what to sort, and sorting equipment. We also sell copper pennies in bulk, and other coins. |
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orionstarman
Penny Pincher Member
USA
106 Posts |
Posted - 02/10/2010 : 11:51:20
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| District 5 between 20% and 25% |
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.--Benjamin Franklin
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89gt-stanger
Penny Sorter Member
USA
59 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2010 : 19:41:36
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| District 11, North Texas, 17-21% |
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copperhead57
Penny Collector Member
USA
255 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2010 : 19:51:02
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| I'm in District #6, but I'm right on the border with #5. In Northeast Georgia (District #6) copper is around 20%, and it is about 22% in Upstate South Carolina (District #5). Whenever I go into South Carolina, I usually go to a few banks for Pennies. |
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Edited by - copperhead57 on 02/11/2010 19:56:25 |
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copperhead57
Penny Collector Member
USA
255 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2010 : 19:53:53
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quote:
Originally posted by Mikep2020
District #1 - 29.5% Copper
I'll make sure I get some when I visit Connecticut in the spring. |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2408 Posts |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2010 : 21:44:13
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District 10. Increasing percentages. Pushing 40% in my bags. Boxes are getting heavier as well.
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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styropyro
Penny Sorter Member
USA
54 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2010 : 15:41:58
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| I'm on the edge of District 7 and I got 35.24% on the first $25 I sorted. |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2408 Posts |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2408 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2010 : 18:14:25
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| Haven't got any reports from District 3, or 4 yet. Need as much data as you guys are willing to feed, the more the merrier. So far the reports from same districts are fairly consistent (plus/minus 2pts) but there's a huge variation between districts. |
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nologiks
Penny Sorter Member
83 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2010 : 21:51:03
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| im from 7 and i average around 25-27% |
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DanRiverMan
New Member
USA
4 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2010 : 22:14:31
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| Distric 5, southern Va.. Between 20%-23% |
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goldstar
New Member
USA
15 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2010 : 23:56:25
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| Small sample so far but from 7800 pennies I am at 27.87 in District 3. Will report changes. |
A penny saved is a penny earned. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2010 : 00:43:58
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Hey beauanderos.. I am in distict 12 and got way better than district 9 percentages today! Picked up 60 rolls on a drive-by and just finished sorting them.. 71.67%!!! 2135 out of the 3000 coins were copper. Of course this is not typical for my area. 39 of the rolls were solid copper bright shiny BU rolls.. mostly 1959-D. If I adjust those out of the mix I get a yield of 17.62%.. very close to my normal 18-20% copper. Guess in District 12 we will just have to "sort more!"
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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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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2408 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2010 : 08:20:47
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Thanks for reporting the "adjustment" Hoard. Don't want to skew the results! I picked up 149 rolls from my credit union, but they were skunks compared to yours. Only two older wheaties, and 19.45% copper. I thought maybe I'd get luckier on the percentage.  |
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Kurr
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2906 Posts |
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AgMan
New Member
23 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2010 : 11:32:15
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| I live in the St. Louis area (District 8) - Average just around 24-25%, have had a couple of boxes as high as 28%. |
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