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Coppermonies
Penny Sorter Member
USA
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 Posted - 04/16/2010 : 16:07:13
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First off, this forum rocks. I've been lurking & enjoying the advice, stories & comradery that fill the forum.
I have been accumalating silver & gold for about a year in a half, but in the past 2 months I have caught the copper bug.... bad. I started off asking for a couple dollars worth of CWRs everytime I stopped by my local Citibank. Now I am ordering over $600 a week in penny boxes. I have joined 4 credit unions, 1 just as a dump bank that has a coinstar in the lobby (they don't smile very much when they see me). I am always very polite with my tellers & bring in my "special finds" to show some of the tellers who think I am funny/crazy for wanting so many pennies. My best finds so far have been a 1906 Indian, 1910 & 1912 Lincolns, 1943 steel cint & a 1946 King George Canadian cent. I have over $100 face value in copper & I really love this hobby. Fortunately my wife, kids & immediate family think it's cool too which is wonderful. My mom recently even picked me up $100 in pennies for my birthday!
Just wanted to say hi to all & I look forward to enjoying this great community.
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Kurr
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Neckro
1000+ Penny Miser Member
Saudi Arabia
2080 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 16:13:01
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Trolling is an art. |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2408 Posts |
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Coppermonies
Penny Sorter Member
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 16:41:17
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My mom is down for the cause haha
I'm really open with my family & even though I am by far the most hardcore Metals junkie, they support my habit & are even enablers ;) |
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thogey
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1617 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 16:48:10
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Welcome Coppermonies
The exuberance reflcted in your introduction is infectious.
Thanks for signing up |
Come to the new and improved realcent: http://realcent.org
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Coppermonies
Penny Sorter Member
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 16:56:57
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| Thank you! The group of people on this board are very inspiring to me & I am glad to be able to sign up. |
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NDFARMER
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1197 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 17:47:32
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| Welcome Coppermonies. You are lucky your wife and family support your habit. My wife and family think I'm nuts and constantly put down my coin collecting hobby and my "playing with pennies". I don't let it stop me though I just ignore the comments. It would make it a lot more enjoyable though if some of my family actually took a little interest in it and if my wife or any of my kids would actually help me sort that would be great. |
COPPER - the "poormans" precious metal!!!
SELLING - $100.00 face copper shipped to you for $189.00 machine rolled or bagged - PM me if your interested. |
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Coppermonies
Penny Sorter Member
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 18:09:42
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| Thanks ND! I remember when I first started buying silver my wife thought I was just starting a coin collection. I have spent many hours educating my family about fiat currency vs metals' intrinsic value. I just explained to my family that copper cents and nickels are both inflation & deflation hedges. They also enjoy hearing my stories & lengths I go to get my fix :). I take my 2 yr old son to the local coin store for silver monies (junk silver dollars) & he does play doe next to me sometimes while I sort. We both love when I excitedly yell out "Wheatie!" |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 18:13:54
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Welcome to the forum. Glad your family is supportive. It definately helps keep the peace.
This site has a ton of information to offer, and guys with years of experience willing to help out the new guys/gals. Glad to have you.
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."
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Coppermonies
Penny Sorter Member
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 18:20:36
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| Thanks Deal! I love this forum & am happy I decided to introduce myself. My family is the biggest part of my life & I feel humbled that they believe in me & my metal passions ;) |
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Coppermonies
Penny Sorter Member
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 18:25:14
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| Also, I have gotten myself into a number of dust ups with my wife because I can be a little too vocal with my opinions about economics & gov't. |
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2212 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 18:33:49
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NoCents
Penny Collector Member
USA
340 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 20:36:23
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I call shenanigans......
You pick $600 a week, and only have $100 worth of copper?
You either have the worst %'age in the US, or you're suppliers name ends in "bytheton" |
What's in it for the dude? |
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Coppermonies
Penny Sorter Member
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 22:33:19
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| Nocents, I said I have OVER $100 face value in copper. |
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twentybux
Penny Pincher Member
174 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 22:48:46
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| Welcome aboard Coppermonies! Better yet...welcome to the family! |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
 Posted - 04/16/2010 : 22:56:28
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Originally posted by beauanderos
welcome newbie  Tell your mom my birthday is coming up too 
YOU LIE! You just had a birthday.. lol.
Welcome to the forum Coppermonies. Careful about overloading any 1 dump bank (or CU). That is how you get cut off. Spread the dumps around. |
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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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 23:00:04
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quote:
Originally posted by NoCents
I call shenanigans......
You pick $600 a week, and only have $100 worth of copper?
You either have the worst %'age in the US, or you're suppliers name ends in "bytheton"
*Has over $100 worth of copper too.*
Picking up.. and sorting are two different things. Some members have been known to build a serious stockpile of unsorted boxes prior to the arrival of their first Ryedale. |
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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Coppermonies
Penny Sorter Member
USA
26 Posts |
 Posted - 04/16/2010 : 23:38:36
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Thanks twentybox & HoardCopperByTheTon! I really am happy to be apart of this community. Here is a pic of my favorite finds so far.
(1910, 1912, 1917, 1906, 1943 & 1946).
The 1910 is in pretty poor condition, but I still got really excited when I found it =) |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 23:40:54
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| That 1910 penny is one only a true penny guy could love. Yep, you're one of us! |
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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Coppermonies
Penny Sorter Member
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 23:46:40
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| As I said before I just started sorting copper 2 months ago. I started off the first month with just CWRs & then started placing orders for the $25 dollar boxes. Last week I was able to fill orders of $600 in pennies. I haven't sorted even half of the boxes I have so far (I'm a hand sorter for now), but figure it's best to stock up on as many possible boxes now because the % of copper is just going to keep going down from here. I love silver & the little gold I have, but sorting for copper is my addiction. I am trying to not abuse my one CU dump coinstar, but I am very polite & make sure to keep a decent balance in my account. I will diversify dump spots as I continue along =). |
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Coppermonies
Penny Sorter Member
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 23:52:13
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| HAHA, That ugly 1910 made me jump out of my chair. Sad, I know =) |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 23:52:46
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Always a good idea to stack up a few boxes so you have some to sort later.
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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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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2010 : 23:54:11
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| What part of CA do you hoard in? Hope you don't get any of my dumps. |
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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Coppermonies
Penny Sorter Member
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2010 : 00:00:05
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| HCBTT, I've seen that pic quite a few times on here...& I drool each & every time I see it (unsorted penny boxes, mmmmmm yeaaaahhhh) =). I live in Bay Area, CA... so I think I am in your drop zone or close to it. Hopefully, we only cross paths with copper in our hands & zinc in the bankers vaults. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2010 : 00:07:08
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| I live in the Bay Area also. There are a few of us up here. Once you build up a good stack of unsorted boxes maybe you can run them through one of my machines. It would be funny if the CU you use with the Coinstar is the same one I occasionally use. |
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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