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blazerjeremy
New Member
USA
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 Posted - 04/16/2010 : 08:04:51
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I am looking for someone in Utah with a Ryedale sorter. I got about $1000.00 in pennies that came from my grandparents saving there change for the last 18 years. I would be really interested in knowing the percentage of copper in this stash. But it is just to much for me to hand sort. I would bring them to where ever you are and run them through your machine and pay you in coppers for your time and trouble. I realize that 18 years in only since 1992 but you would think that there must have been a higher percentage of copper then right? I would hate to turn these into the bank without getting the coppers out but the family wants cash.
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NoCents
Penny Collector Member
USA
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Posted - 04/16/2010 : 08:55:45
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You could hand sort that in less than a week.
I was doing $200 a day when I started. |
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double dot
Penny Sorter Member
USA
55 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 19:10:56
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2.5% drop in copper cents per year simple interest noncompounded rule of thumb. 10% drop in copper every 4 years. 45% drop in copper in 18 years. 25% copper now. 70% copper at start. Assume linear cent acquisition. Average pile about 50% plus copper.
$500 copper rather than $250 copper plus save half your labor. |
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johnsonjohn2441
Penny Pincher Member
USA
102 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2010 : 08:58:44
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2010 : 23:33:06
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Originally posted by NoCents
You could hand sort that in less than a week.
I was doing $200 a day when I started.
as an experienced handsorter im impressed if you kept that up for long. usually after 4 or 5 boxes in a sitting my eyes were doing crazy things !!
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My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
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NoCents
Penny Collector Member
USA
340 Posts |
Posted - 04/18/2010 : 11:15:36
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Originally posted by aloneibreak
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Originally posted by NoCents
You could hand sort that in less than a week.
I was doing $200 a day when I started.
as an experienced handsorter im impressed if you kept that up for long. usually after 4 or 5 boxes in a sitting my eyes were doing crazy things !!
I found that if you can do a few things to make it easy as possible, you could rock a ton of'um.
I use a reclining desk chair that has height adjustment to allow me to bring the table to the proper level to let me see them without having to pick them up(almost cheest high). As I'm looking at them on the very edge of the table and me, I swipe them off into my piles and pluck away at the gems flipping what's needed. My zinc catch was neat. I'd take a towel and set it over to one side of the chairs seat so I'd be sitting on it, drape most of it over the arm rest, and have a pouch like catcher going with it that let me do over 2 boxes at a time.
I lasted 2 weeks before I bought the machine.  |
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - 04/18/2010 : 13:28:49
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Originally posted by blazerjeremy
I am looking for someone in Utah with a Ryedale sorter. I got about $1000.00 in pennies that came from my grandparents saving there change for the last 18 years. I would be really interested in knowing the percentage of copper in this stash. But it is just to much for me to hand sort. I would bring them to where ever you are and run them through your machine and pay you in coppers for your time and trouble. I realize that 18 years in only since 1992 but you would think that there must have been a higher percentage of copper then right? I would hate to turn these into the bank without getting the coppers out but the family wants cash.
Blazerjeremy...you might wish to reconsider and do the sorting by hand. There are Wide AMs in the 1998 - 2000 years and depending on the condition these can be worth $1.00 - a few hundred dollars for each of these. Other errors in many years of the penny. See if you can get your hands on the book: Strike It Rich with Pocket Change Both editions I purchased at book stores have more than paid for themselves. Perhaps the library might have a copy you could check out to familiarize yourself with these errors.
BTW...welcome! |
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twentybux
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 05/22/2010 : 23:34:12
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| PreservingThePast, got to look into the book you are referring. Sounds like a perfect edition for any copper miner, etc. :) |
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - 05/23/2010 : 13:46:01
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Originally posted by twentybux
PreservingThePast, got to look into the book you are referring. Sounds like a perfect edition for any copper miner, etc. :)
Twentybux...I firmly believe this is a good book to buy or at least check out from a library numerous times to familiarize yourself with a lot of errors. There are other books out that that go into much more detail on more coins, like the Cherrypicker's Book, or whatever the title is. But that series of books is quite costly and this book is a good price to get your feet wet on, in case searching for errors isn't something you would really care to spend your time doing.
Has anyone heard if blazerjeremy was able to get help sorting the coins?
Enjoy your coin searches, everyone. 
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JobIII
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 05/24/2010 : 10:30:08
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I agree with PTP there are some nice finds circulating within the zinc years. If you're willing to sort them scan each coin for the error, you will find these in pretty good numbers. It's pretty time consuming, so you will have to decide between sorting copper and searching for errors after a while.
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