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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
 Posted - 12/25/2007 : 18:57:28
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Originally posted by PennyProspector
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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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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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
Posted - 12/25/2007 : 20:05:48
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I'm hope for the holidays, and I didn't bring my Ryedale with me. I didn't think I'd have time to sort...hahaha..who am I kidding? I'm addicted.
Christmas Day totals, all sorted by hand, the old-fashioned way. 
$50 Brinks-wrapped:
34.1% copper
2 wheats
2 zinc Canadians
Whew! Can't wait to get back to my Ryedale. |
"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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coincollector101
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 12/25/2007 : 21:13:48
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I Picked the good Boxes then Fiatboy.....ive only Unrolled them to be ready to run and ive found over 20 wheats lots of early ones picking them out as I unrolled them....They were mostly the hand rolled ones though.
Thats a good copper %
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fiatboy
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Posted - 12/25/2007 : 21:36:08
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I Picked the good Boxes then Fiatboy.....ive only Unrolled them to be ready to run and ive found over 20 wheats lots of early ones picking them out as I unrolled them....They were mostly the hand rolled ones though.
Thats a good copper %
Of course....you always get the wheats.  I can't complain, though. I do have more copper than I did yesterday. And that 90% half more than makes up for a lack of wheats. Have you sorted your machine bags yet? I'm very curious to know how they panned out. |
"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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coincollector101
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 12/25/2007 : 22:22:35
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Ive not sorted the bags yet ive been playing with my new toys lol
I got a new 500 gb sata3 16 mb drive and a laser printer.
Im curious how it pans out ive not got from that area before.
Im glad you had a good Christmas.
We should make another trip sometime that was fun!
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PennyProspector
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 12/26/2007 : 00:02:08
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Christmas Night Sort
$150 (15,000 pennies)
$46.54 Copper (31.026%)
32- Wheat
1- 2 Pfennig (1970)
Total average for the Christmas day, 35.54% copper.
Happy prospecting!
Gary |
Happy Prospecting! |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2007 : 00:21:39
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Christmas day sort:
5 boxes CWR pennies - Actually, there were no boxes involved.. it was 250 loose rolls that I hauled out of the bank in my bag yesterday. Between these and the nickels I got at the same time that bag sure was heavy!
3166 Copper
2 Canadian (1 King, 1 Queen)
2 different 2 Euro cent pieces (1 from Spain with a building on it and 1 from somewhere else with a great looking sailing ship on it)
1 neat looking nickel coin with St George slaying a dragon on one side and 50 Koneek on the other - Will have to post it in Cerulean's whatsit section and find out what it is.
And of course.. 11 darn dimes.
25.33% - Quite a bit better percentage than I usually get. |
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 - 12/27/2007 : 09:13:19
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"I was loading them into the rolling machine I managed to find 6 Indian cents!"
Congrats! I went 6 days with no sorting (or posting) and the detox nearly killed me, but I did manage some sorting on the 7th day so here is my report:
last 7 days
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12 below average boxes
average weight 6775 grams
or about 645 coppers per box
7,740 coppers hoarded
25.7%
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c140cessna
Penny Collector Member
USA
419 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2007 : 19:19:49
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Sort Report 12-27-07
CLOSING IN ON 3 TON GOAL by end of 2007....
US Copper:
Amount Sorted = $1580 FV (63.2 "boxes")
Copper Hoarded = $468 FV (18.7 "boxes")
Added to Hoard = 316 lbs
Copper % = 29.6% (typical for SE Michigan is 29%)
Composition: 100% Credit Union Loose $50 Bag Coin and CWR
US Cu = 3463 lbs
Canadian Cu = 2370 lbs
Total Cu = 5833 lbs
Ryedale Machine(s) Total Sorted: 4,736,000 since Mar 2007.
Hoard Code has been updated to reflect the above additions.
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2007 : 21:16:58
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Originally posted by c140cessna
Sort Report 12-27-07
CLOSING IN ON 3 TON GOAL by end of 2007....
I will start making up the trophy. I think you need to reweigh or recount those copper cents though.. at 900,500 copper cents you should be a little over 3 tons.  |
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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c140cessna
Penny Collector Member
USA
419 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2007 : 22:12:02
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Originally posted by HoardCopperByTheTon
quote:
Originally posted by c140cessna
Sort Report 12-27-07
CLOSING IN ON 3 TON GOAL by end of 2007....
I will start making up the trophy. I think you need to reweigh or recount those copper cents though.. at 900,500 copper cents you should be a little over 3 tons.
Not all of those 900,000 are US...there is a lot of those light weight Canandian Coppers (2.5g).....my counts are aprox...just based on weights which are accurate. I figure about 148 US/lb and 164 CAN/lb...
You can decorate the trophy with all those 90% and 40% halves the silver fairy delivered for Christmas!
BTW: I'm not a coin collector....I'm a metal collector...., so I took a few of my 40% Kennedy's and cleaned them up with silver cleaner...boy are they beautiful...they'll all get melted anyway...wish all my 90% silver haord looked like that.
Does anyone else clean their 90% / 40% "Junk"...they have no numis value.. |
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 12/28/2007 : 08:05:04
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$19.47 in rolls and loose change sorted for 42.22% copper.
822 copper
7 wheats
9 canada coppers |
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2007 : 22:25:53
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been steadily sorting just havent reported lately as my percentages are usually about the same.
todays $50 sort
1354 copper
3492 zinc
120 82's
24 wheats
10 canadians
1354/5000 = 27.08% |
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2007 : 20:44:16
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Did a little sorting....a little.
$25 CWR
662 Cu
2 Cu CA
8 wheats
2 dimes (48 free pennies huh?)
1 2 Euro cent (My first.) 2003 with a harp on back with word "eire" in lower case
26.4% |
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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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2007 : 23:06:06
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got through another $50 after work today
1692 copper
3115 zinc
150 82's
30 wheats
13 canadians
1692/5000 = 33.84%
also a little side story. my girlfriend was going to the big city to see her sister for the weekend. i thought, hey! great way to get rid of some zinc in the coinstar. i gave her a couple addresses of ones that gave e-certificates and loaded a couple coffee cans full into her car. well she moved them into the trunk and somehow forgot about them. i failed to remember she drives like its nascar. so long story short i just spent a half hour cleaning pennies out of everywhere. i bet if i played it right i could guilt her into buying me a couple boxes. hmmmm :) |
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson
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fiatboy
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912 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2007 : 03:08:54
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so long story short i just spent a half hour cleaning pennies out of everywhere.
I know how this goes! haha. They manage to get everywhere. |
"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 - 12/31/2007 : 08:03:39
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I have a bunch loose in my trunk too. Some of them rattling all over and some still in rolls rolling around. I go out and clean out the trunk when I get low on boxes of pennies to sort. Next time put them in coin bags and tie them off with rubber bands.
Pretty good week for drive-bys. In addition to the normal group of pond pennies the magic fountain yielded up a couple of quarters and a couple of dimes this week. The ecomomy must be getting better. Got 146 CWR pennies on Thursday and 59 CWR nickels, 15 CWR pennies on Friday. |
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 - 12/31/2007 : 11:24:54
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No sorting done today, but did a little buying. Almost got skunked on buying. Must be the holidays. I went to six banks, and was only able to get a total of $61.50 in cents. Usually I can usually walk into these banks and pickup cents without problems.
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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fiatboy
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912 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2007 : 13:21:20
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My father let me go through the jar in which he tosses his pocket change, and exchange his coppers for my zincs.
$17.35 in pennies
44.4% copper
12 wheats
1 king (the only Canadian)
I also found 1 1964 silver dime. 
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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 - 12/31/2007 : 13:27:41
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Originally posted by fiatboy
I also found 1 1964 silver dime.
You trade ten zincs for it? hehe
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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fiatboy
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912 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2007 : 13:33:10
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You trade ten zincs for it? hehe
haha. No, he let me have it for free. My father grew up using silver coins, so seeing a silver dime, while unusual today, isn't really a big deal to him. He marvels that I get excited over something that used to be so commonplace. |
"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 - 12/31/2007 : 15:22:14
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Originally posted by fiatboy
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You trade ten zincs for it? hehe
haha. No, he let me have it for free. My father grew up using silver coins, so seeing a silver dime, while unusual today, isn't really a big deal to him. He marvels that I get excited over something that used to be so commonplace.
I hope that is what happens some day with my children (that I don't have yet by the way), when we look through change and find those funny copper cents.
I sorted the $7 that I could get from one of the banks I went to today. Two first time coins for me.
$7 CWR
201 Cu
2 Cu CA
1 non Cu CA
1 wheat It is a '49 S. Lowest mintage in the 40's or 50's besides the '55 S.
1 '83 Zambia 1 ngwee*. There is an anteater on the reverse and it is smaller than a penny.
1 '98 British one penny*. It has a portcullis with a crown on top with chains dangling from each side on the reverse. Doesn't say Britain on it or anything, nor does it say Canada. Assuming it is British due to aging bust of queen of front. It is larger than a penny and I could tell something odd was in the roll before I opened it.
After all that: 28.7%
Deal
* First time coins. |
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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Miser-stro
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 12/31/2007 : 16:18:11
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Sorted my first batch of Halves today.
$81.50 Halves
found 1 40% Silver
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2007 : 20:37:15
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| Woohoo! Stopped by the bank today to pay my mortgage early so I could get the interest write-off for this year and they had 80 customer wrapped rolls of pennies for me. They were glad to get rid of them. It has been a very merry Xmas season for me. Happy New Years everyone! |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2008 : 02:03:35
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Sorted those 80 rolls tonight.
1476 Copper
35.19% Best percentage I have had in a long time
Lots of the copper and zincs were BU too. |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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