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HoardCopperByTheTon
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USA
6807 Posts |
 Posted - 11/30/2007 : 21:28:37
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Originally posted by aloneibreak
492/1000= 49.2%
best percentage ive had in a long while
At that percentage you don't have to worry about returning many zincs  |
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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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 11/30/2007 : 21:39:35
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| Best percentage I've seen in some time on this board |
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
 Posted - 12/01/2007 : 09:27:29
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"i did not get an indian head but i came as close as you can: a 1909 lincoln vdb in au."
I'd take a vdb over most Indian heads any day. Congrats!
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
Posted - 12/01/2007 : 09:30:02
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Report:
12 boxes sorted
22,006 zincs returned
7,994 copper kept
26.65% |
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - 12/01/2007 : 17:16:29
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todays $50 sort
1400 copper
3387 zinc
183 82's
20 wheats
10 canadians
1400/5000 = 28%
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My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson
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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
Posted - 12/01/2007 : 18:11:30
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$50 today:
26.6% copper
23 wheats
1 "moon money" penny ---it has a cow jumping over the moon on it! hahaha
19 Canadian
1 red AU 1959
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"Bart, it's not about how many stocks you have, it's about how much copper wire you can get out of the building." --- Homer Simpson |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 12/02/2007 : 10:02:53
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About time I sorted. I had some "old" looking rolls waiting to sort. I took the oldest and counted them separately. Ready for this.
$7.50 in "old" CWR
739 Cu
2 CuCA
1 '26 King George
10 wheats My heart dropped when I saw a 1909....no S or V.D.B.
That equals 752 coppers total. Two extra.
That puts the Cu total actually a smidgen over 100%!!! Best for me ever.
Hoping for that Indian...not yet.
$17.50 CWR
538 Cu
1 CuCA
1 nonCuCA
7 wheats eldest, 1915
30.1% Cu
Odd note: Included ten complete rolls of almost perfect condition '82's. Probably why Cu totals are so high.
By far the best returns I have had. Did cheat by separating the oldest ones from the others? They came from different tellers from the same bank at the same time when I asked for a box. Combined totals 1290/2500 for 51.6%. Great either way you look at it.
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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."
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2007 : 13:44:45
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| Got lucky at my new source bank Friday. Went in to pick up my regular weekly $200 worth of pennies and they actually had $350 for me. It was just like Christmas! |
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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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2007 : 15:01:54
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I messed up my sort report. Its hard for me to keep track since I am returning partial loads of zincs based on how full the machines are at the credit unions. This makes it difficult to say which zincs came from which batch of boxes and thus impossible to give an accurate copper count. So I am stopping reports, until I get an easier process in place to count my coppers.
In any case, if I hit my curent goal I should be sorting about 25 boxes and collecting about 17,500 coppers a week. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2007 : 19:14:38
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| That's a lofty goal horgad. You may just have to ask Santa to bring you one of those Ryedales. At that volume you might just have to wait for them to change the bags occasionally. You can do bulk reporting where you group all the batches together over a month. |
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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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2007 : 20:36:34
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Sorted 18 CWR
255 Copper 28%
2 dimes
1 Canadian
0 Wheat |
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MormonMetal
Penny Pincher Member
USA
150 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2007 : 22:18:06
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small batch tonight
12-04-07
$9.00 sorted
133 copper
2 Canada
1 Germany
14.78 percent copper
-More than I had before
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cyberdan
Penny Collector Member
USA
289 Posts |
Posted - 12/05/2007 : 10:38:41
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My % down here in SoCA seem to hole true for even small qty. Last weekend I only got $9.00 in cents and 18.??% were CU. That is when I got my 1911 also got two mexican copper colored and cent sized coins. I think one was 10 centavos and the other was 20 centavos.
12-6-07 UPDATE: Just got my best CU % so far this AM. Went on my morning walk B-4 work at a local stripmall and found 24¢ It was a bunch of coins 9 were cents and of that 4 were CU that makes 44.4% |
Edited by - cyberdan on 12/06/2007 12:20:48 |
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MormonMetal
Penny Pincher Member
USA
150 Posts |
Posted - 12/05/2007 : 18:58:37
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able to do two batches today
first, not so hot
$13.00 sorted
62 copper
4.77 percent copper
second better than average
$25.00 sorted
408 copper
3 wheats
2 Canada
16.32 percent copper
-More than I had before
-M.M. |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 12/05/2007 : 19:35:20
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Resorted the last of my my zincs which were ready to cash in to the bank.
I did not expect anything but Zinc since I had already sorted once.
Via my Ryedale, using the 3 step method:
10609 Total
10599 Zinc
10 Coppers
0 Canadian
0 Wheat
The 3 step method works for me. |
Edited by - Tourney64 on 12/05/2007 19:35:57 |
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centsless
Penny Pincher Member
119 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2007 : 17:20:56
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20 handwrapped rolls today
242 copper for 24.2% including 2 wheats
15 1982's
2 copper canadian
I have a question. can anybody tell the what the status is with the coin melting moratorium? is it going to expire soon or has it been extended? |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2007 : 17:57:47
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| It's permanent, however could be lifted some time in the future when most of the copper coins are out of circulation. Why melt when you can sell at a better price unmelted. Many of the members are getting double face value. #1 Heavy scrap copper is going for $2.48/lb. It takes approximately 155 pennies to make 1 lb of copper. At 2 cents each, that's $3.10/lb selling without melting. |
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snappy
Penny Collector Member
USA
301 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2007 : 19:08:40
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| I am still sorting 50-150/week but will not be posting each week (I will keep reading) I will post year end totals and % for entire year. larger sample size... If I find a nice coin I will still post it. This week I got a 1914(D? S? wait for it).. in VG shape but regardless how long I looked I could not make a darn mint mark apear. |
Selling Ryedale sorted USA cents
1.5 each + shipping over 500fv 1.5 each +1/2 shipping
If you pick up 1.35 each
located MT/ND boarder.
after Ryedale sorting they are hand sorted to remove canadian then rechecked with Ryedale to insure all copper and count out $50 FV then placed in cloth bags and sealed with #1 copper wire. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2007 : 19:28:02
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Snappy.. I've got a whole bunch of spare D's for sale. They are currently attached to 2007-D pennies. I could maybe chisel one off for ya. Oh darn, you probably want a copper D rather than a zinc D to put on that old penny.
Tourney64 makes a good point. Why melt when you already have a government round with a given amount of copper that sells for more? Actually, the pennies would be classed as #2 Copper rather than #1 because of the 5% impurities so the scrap price would be even lower. |
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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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2007 : 20:05:21
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| I was giving the best price in the example for copper just to show the point. |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2007 : 20:16:42
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Sorted $25 Brinks box
719 Copper 28.76 %
Not Included in copper #'s
8 Canadian CU
0 Canadian Other
13 Wheats
0 Dimes
One of the wheats looked to be a proof 1944 in almost perfect condition. Very deeply minted it was awesome.
Cashed in all my zincs except the ones I just sorted, late today at one of my credit unions. They had to replace the bags 3 times as it only holds 2 - $50 bags. They had a line practically going out the door at 5 PM because they kept having to take care of the coin sorter. I felt bad as I don't want to create ill feelings when I come in there. I'm going to make sure I don't take more than $75 each visit. Hopefully they won't have to replace bags at all when I'm there.
I will sort $40 CWR on Saturday. |
Edited by - Tourney64 on 12/08/2007 10:21:55 |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2007 : 21:03:35
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| I need to get a credit union like that! I guess I would have to pace myself too. Would hate to go in one day and see my picture on the wall with the banner BANNED FROM THE CREDIT UNION |
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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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2007 : 09:28:48
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Still very little sorting going on here, but still buying.
$50 CWR
2 $25 Brinks boxes
Someday I am going to have to sort some....a Ryedale is looking better and better.
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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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2007 : 10:22:52
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| Still have not had any Indian heads in my coins. Oldest coin has been a 1917. |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2007 : 16:47:41
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Sorted $40 CWR
1,282 Copper 32.05 %
Not Included in copper #'s
10 Canadian CU
1 Canadian Other
23 Wheats
3 Dimes
Got my oldest penny today - 1911 D, also got a 1929 S in excellent shape.
Great batch of pennies. High copper %, several dimes, lots of wheats, and older wheats.
Got to love those CWR. |
Edited by - Tourney64 on 12/09/2007 07:25:15 |
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