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Aristobolus
Penny Sorter Member
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 Posted - 03/04/2010 : 21:44:07
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Although this is my first post, I have been reading this site since its humble beginnings.
The subject of my post is that in the four years that I have been sorting through pennies, I have noticed the uncanny coupling of finding two pennies of the same year in the same roll- such as two 22s or 55s.
Why? Perhaps it is because they were unrolled from an old roll recently. Or a another more romantic theory is that these pennies(being just woth a cent)often stay together in tandem as they are kept together to give change for a nickel or dime.
Any thoughts?
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redneck
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 03/04/2010 : 22:13:35
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No thoughts, but welcome to the forum...
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JWRAY
Penny Collector Member
USA
378 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2010 : 22:31:44
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You know, I just noticed a similar situation in my last NF Strings box. In one roll was a pair of 1961 canadian pennies. I find canadian coins some, usually not too old or many since I am a ways from the border. But two of the same older year in the same roll?
Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmm. |
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 03/05/2010 : 06:54:25
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| welcome and I will try to see if that is true on the next batch that I will sort. |
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JobIII
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 03/05/2010 : 07:13:05
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| I think you are simply making an observational bias. However, i've seen similar things happen when looking for silver, where a roll has more than 1 silver coin in it. If it isn't random, it's probably the result of someones dump of old coins getting put together. I believe it's random luck to sit those dates together in a roll, which leads the searcher to see this as being significant. |
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cwgii
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
924 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2010 : 10:15:04
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| i have seen this in bank rolls of halves. find a 1976 and back toback will be another. wayyyyyyyyy too many times to be a coincidence |
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garnede
Penny Collector Member
USA
386 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2010 : 12:14:39
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| cwgii, that is because there are a boat load of 76 halves out there. |
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 03/05/2010 : 12:21:44
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| birds of a feather flock together ??? |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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coppernickel
Penny Pincher Member
USA
131 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2010 : 18:31:47
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I have wondered the same. In my last box I the only wheats I found were two 37s side by side, both very worn.
I have also noticed runs, today it is 1979, or 1961 or 1973. The odd part is finding three mint state 1961 cents, that I got from rolls in three different banks. I wonder if they don't come looking for me. |
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Dalmatian929
New Member
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Posted - 03/10/2010 : 12:33:35
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| I once found a 1941 US penny and 1941 Canadian penny in the same roll. The odds of me finding a 1941 Canadian penny are very slim to begin with. So I assume an elderly person cashed in a jar of change at the bank and the two found themselves in the same roll. |
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fb101
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 03/10/2010 : 17:14:44
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Now the oddest pair I have ever found was two error pennies "struck through capped die" in the same roll,
but they were different dates.
The odds on that would be phenomenal.
Someone had to have dumped them.
BTW: Welcome to the forum. |
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oldBPman
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 03/10/2010 : 17:22:34
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quote:
Originally posted by Aristobolus
Although this is my first post, I have been reading this site since its humble beginnings.
The subject of my post is that in the four years that I have been sorting through pennies, I have noticed the uncanny coupling of finding two pennies of the same year in the same roll- such as two 22s or 55s.
Why? Perhaps it is because they were unrolled from an old roll recently. Or a another more romantic theory is that these pennies(being just woth a cent)often stay together in tandem as they are kept together to give change for a nickel or dime.
Any thoughts?
I found a pr of 1982 95% coppers together and felt lucky so played them boxed for 5 bucks, the number that came in was 1972. but anyway, i do notice a lot of couples together. |
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