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Crash
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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 Posted - 12/21/2007 : 14:50:23
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| My best percentage ever on a customer wrapped roll...40% plus one wheat. Not bad considering I normally average under 15%. |
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PennyProspector
Penny Pincher Member
USA
212 Posts |
Posted - 12/21/2007 : 19:59:10
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Tonights Sort 2- $50 Bags (10,000 Pennies)
2996 total copper (29.96%)
21 Wheat
3 Dimes
1 Plastic Play Dime
1 Elongated penny with a picture of a Manatee
1 Elongated Penny that says "Lucky Penny, Indiana"
(I know I felt pretty lucky when I was trying to get them unjambed from my ryedale!)
Happy Prospecting!
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 12/21/2007 : 20:42:33
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Originally posted by horgad
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Speaking of "all chipping in", I was looking into copper ingots on the web coming from some big suppliers many of them overseas. You can get 40 kilo bars at spot price if you buy 40 metric tons (copper is $6561 per MT). I am not sure how much if any of the shipping would be covered, but you would definetely be responsibilty for picking it up at a major port of your choice.
Now I just need about 80 people to split the deal with. Anybody own and drive a semi for a living? 
Hmmmm.. Tempting! 
We have the trucks, the scales to ensure we didn't get shorted, and the forklifts to unload it right here at work. And we are near a port. Of course I would probably have to hide my share at work too. She already thinks I have too much copper at home.. imagine that. 
But why pay spot when we can get copper pennies for below spot? |
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Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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Posted - 12/22/2007 : 08:44:08
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3 $25 brinks boxes
16.1% copper |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2007 : 10:40:41
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Originally posted by El Dee
Weigh it. A normal nickel weighs exactly 2.5 grams.
Actually a nickel weighs 5 grams.
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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Posted - 12/22/2007 : 13:52:34
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Tonight I finished sorting 2500 pennies.
806 Copper
8 Wheat
1 AU 1963 D
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822/2500 = 32% |
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2007 : 15:51:04
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Originally posted by El Dee
Weigh it. A normal nickel weighs exactly 2.5 grams.
The nickel weighs 2.4 grams. I'll try to get a photo posted. |
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Posted - 12/22/2007 : 18:38:29
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Originally posted by horgad
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Originally posted by fiatboy
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Banks around here are reluctant to part with cents lately - saying they need them for the holiday shopping rush.
I've been told that, too. grrr... I've had to redouble my efforts this morning just to get a few boxes. Banks here are tapped out!
Maybe instead of pennies, we should all just chip in and buy a copper mine. 
Speaking of "all chipping in", I was looking into copper ingots on the web coming from some big suppliers many of them overseas. You can get 40 kilo bars at spot price if you buy 40 metric tons (copper is $6561 per MT). I am not sure how much if any of the shipping would be covered, but you would definetely be responsibilty for picking it up at a major port of your choice.
Now I just need about 80 people to split the deal with. Anybody own and drive a semi for a living?
If you can find 79 others let me know. Maybe if you posted in Buy, Sell, Trade we could seal a deal. |
"The key to building wealth is to not lose money." - Warren Buffet |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2007 : 20:42:35
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| I'm in for a ton. Can we pay for it in pennies? |
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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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2007 : 21:05:14
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| Count me in. |
"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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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2007 : 23:30:52
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Tonight I finished sorting 2500 pennies.
806 Copper
8 Wheat
1 AU 1963 D
Welcome to forum, Yeah_4_Pennies. Nice name, btw.  |
"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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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2007 : 10:10:09
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Originally posted by HoardCopperByTheTon
I'm in for a ton. Can we pay for it in pennies?
I'll keep looking into it. I'm hoping to find a place with a lower minimum. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2007 : 23:09:21
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Yesterday was a fantastic coin day.. see my seperate post about a Christas story in addition to the following about what I found sorting.
Between regular sorting, zinc resorting, and then checking the final rejects by hand as I was loading them into the rolling machine I managed to find 6 Indian cents! This is twice as many as I have found before in all the millions of pennies I have sorted. Finding even one is a rate occurance. It also included a new oldest coin from circulation for me.. an 1864! My previous oldest was an 1865. The Indian cents were dated 1864, 1883, 1887. 1897, 1898, and a 1907 in VF. Also found 2 Canadian George V 1936 pennies and 2 1915-S cents in low grade.
Interesting thing.. I didn't even capture all of these on the zinc resort.. I found a few of them when loading the final rejects by hand into my wrapping machine. It is possible I didn't have the sensitivity set high enough.
Hope you all have a Merry 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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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2007 : 23:17:51
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Actually sorted some today.
$25 CWR
458 Cu
3 Cu CA
3 non-Cu CA
4 wheats
2 of those dimes
18.3% (Kinda low for CWR around here).
$9.00 CWR That's right, nine dollars worth.
233 Cu
2 wheats
25.8%
Only sorting I've done for a while. Really considering the Ryedale as the need-to-be-sorted pile is getting large, at least by my meager standards. My pile is not nearly as large as others....
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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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2007 : 23:44:58
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OK, OK, some of us have gotten a little behind on our piles.. LOL.
I have a Ryedale, so I suppose I don't really have an excuse.. cept maybe the day job, and the garage conversion I was working on. I am starting to chip away at the pile a little now that I have things organized out there in my man cave. I was in penny heaven this weekend running all my various machines at once. I am strongly considering buying another Ryedale or 2 to add to the lineup and speed up production even more. They are fantastic machines! If you don't have one yet you should certainly get one. You deserve it.. you've been good. |
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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PennyProspector
Penny Pincher Member
USA
212 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2007 : 09:44:04
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I have to agree with HCBT when he says "If you don't have a Rydale yet, you should certainly get one."
How many other hobby investents can pay themselfs of in a matter of weeks?!?
I have only had mine for about 3 and 1/2 weeks and still find it amazing!
The problem is once you convert from hand sorting to Ryedale your problems just change...
you go from having to many coins waiting to be sorted to "where can I get more pennies to sort?" lol
Happy Prospecting |
Happy Prospecting! |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2007 : 12:25:08
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Originally posted by PennyProspector
I have to agree with HCBT when he says "If you don't have a Rydale yet, you should certainly get one."
How many other hobby investents can pay themselfs of in a matter of weeks?!?
I have only had mine for about 3 and 1/2 weeks and still find it amazing!
The problem is once you convert from hand sorting to Ryedale your problems just change...
you go from having to many coins waiting to be sorted to "where can I get more pennies to sort?" lol
Happy Prospecting
LOL.. so true! And then when you solve that problem you have a new one.. "Where can I get rid of all this zinc?" |
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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fiatboy
Administrator
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Posted - 12/24/2007 : 16:38:46
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| Congratulations on the Indian Heads, HCBTT! I've only found a few, and certainly none that old! That's astounding! For all the pennies you sort, you were due. |
"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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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2007 : 20:52:29
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| It really shocked me to find that many Indians in one day. I had only found 3 up till this weekend with all the pennies I sort. But then Saturday was my lucky day! |
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 - 12/24/2007 : 21:21:38
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What a day man, what a day. What I wouldn't do for just one....
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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Cerulean
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
993 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2007 : 22:01:12
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Handful of pennies from circulation:
169 Zincs (1983-2007) 75.4%
55 coppers (1960-1982) 24.6%
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224 cents |
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Cerulean's Standing Offer: $3/lb shipped for foreign coins |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
 Posted - 12/24/2007 : 23:37:12
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Originally posted by NotABigDeal
What a day man, what a day. What I wouldn't do for just one....
Deal
Heck, it's Christmas.. PM me your address and I'll send you one. |
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 - 12/24/2007 : 23:57:40
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Had another great coin day today! Went back to the bank where I got all the silver halfs on Saturday to see if the lady deposited anything else like dimes or quarters that I forgot to ask for in my excitement over getting the half dollars. No pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, silver collars, 2 cent pieces, 3 cent pieces, 20 cent pieces or old paper money.. just the halves.. but now I can sleep well.
Then I went to a new bank that I had not been to before. Asked for half dollars and they had 18 of them loose. No silver though (pout).. oops, better not pout.. or Santa might not bring me my new Ryedale. They did have 20 customer wrapped rolls of pennies for me though.
Then I went to my dump bank and asked for some pennies there. The teller asks me "how many do you want?" (They should never ask me that.. LOL) "How many do you have" I respond. He says "A lot.. maybe 2 hundred dollars worth" I tell him I will take them all. He is really happy to get rid of them.. seems he has been procrastinating about bagging them up and shipping them off. Turns out there are 251 customer wrapped rolls! Woohoo, my lucky day again! Then we get to nickels.. he has about $140 worth of customer wrapped rolls. I was only able to buy $50 worth.. I ran out of money. Hey, it could happen.. what with Christmas shopping and all.. LOL. I will go back and pick up the rest later this week. I felt like Santa lugging my bag of coins out of there.. I had a hard time lifting it.
Santa is also bringing me a new Ryedale. Hey, it's Red.. very Christmasy.. I been good!
Then to top things off for the Xmas season I got an awesome gift from my sweety. She had a custom full size street sign made up for me for my shop.. PENNY HOARD LN I absolutely love it! Maybe she is finally starting to understand.. or at least go with it.
Merry Christmas to everyone! |
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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PennyProspector
Penny Pincher Member
USA
212 Posts |
Posted - 12/25/2007 : 15:14:39
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Christmas morning sort
$200 (20,000 pennies)
$87.26 copper (43.63%)
28 wheat
1 penny from the Bahamas
Happy Prospecting |
Happy Prospecting! |
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PennyProspector
Penny Pincher Member
USA
212 Posts |
Posted - 12/25/2007 : 18:28:44
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Christmas afternoon sort
$150 (15,000 pennies)
$43.91 Copper (29.273%)
47 wheat
1- 2 euro
1- Unknown Isreal Coin
Happy Prospecting
Gary
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