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TXTim
Penny Hoarding Member
629 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2008 : 16:06:53
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Hey Guys-
First reply for this one.
I can't believe the % of copper you all find. I have gone through 500,000 pennies since October, 07 and average 19.6 % copper. Out of this, 1200 wheats and 2 IH. I find that the hand rolls around Houston are worse than machine rolls with a few exceptions. Bags are about the same but contain fewer wheats.
On the other hand, I do well with silver. |
Beer is my currency. |
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coincollector101
Penny Sorter Member
86 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2008 : 17:01:15
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Hey Tim!!! Welcome Stranger lol
well done on those IH. Ive found 3 in my entire life.
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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
 Posted - 01/02/2008 : 20:16:51
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Bout time you started posting, Tim!  You know the coin hunting game well by now, so I'm sure you know what to do if your percentages are low. 
And 2 IH is more than most collectors have ever found in the wild.  Congrats. |
"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 - 01/02/2008 : 20:20:58
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| Welcome to the board Tim. That percentage last night was atypical for me.. usually my percentages run around 20%. But I have been having a good run the last few weeks. Got 99 Silver coins in 6 rolls of halves and found 6 Indian Heads last week.. tripling my lifetime total. If you don't know the answer to fiatboy's query just read my signature line. |
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. |
Edited by - HoardCopperByTheTon on 01/02/2008 20:21:15 |
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2008 : 21:21:47
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Report for last 7 days:
33 boxes sorted
6,817g average box weight
681 copper pennies per box
22,473 copper pennies hoarded including 246 wheats
27.24%
I had a special box this week. All from the same box:
1911 D worth about $3.25
1931 D worth about $2.25
1891 Indian worth about $1.25
1918
1919 S X 2
Plus the box had a few almost uncirculated late date wheats. |
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Posted - 01/03/2008 : 04:33:03
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Texas Tim,
Wow , I live in houston also. Those handrolls your buying could be my rejects if you buying them in Conroe texas or willis , Hunstsville banks. I hope your not geting geting my rejects from your banks your buying from.
I been working 80 to 90 hours each week in last few monlths trying pull copper, silver or get ikes, or anything I can find for ebay sales. I been working about 20 banks so far and may try to hit all the banks in huntsville each week. I drive my car and try hit every bank once or twice each week in part of houston. Its fun.
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I love those fed boxes and hoard up pre 64 silver coins such as rolls of 64 half dollers. Maybe copper will be very expensive such as silver is. |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2008 : 15:19:02
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Coin Report
Sorted $5.00 in CWR
127 Copper 25.4 %
Not Included in copper #'s
1 Canadian CU
1 Canadian Other
1 Wheats 1925 P
0 Dimes
10 Brinks boxes coming next week.
I was out of town and due to the holidays didn't order any boxes.
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Posted - 01/04/2008 : 17:33:04
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sorted my first $25 box - live in baltimore
515 copper
7 wheat
2 canadian copper
2 dimes
1974 zinc pennies
21% copper in first box.
picking up two boxes tomorrow. Tellers are very receptive if you are an account holder and make a transaction. tomorrow I will withdraw a few dollars from the ATM and deposit half at each branch which is about 1 mile apart. after transaction will ask for one box of pennies as a start. worked like a charm yesturday. |
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PennyProspector
Penny Pincher Member
USA
212 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2008 : 23:15:43
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Friday Sort
$100 Sorted
$29.99 Copper (29.99%)
26 Wheat
2 dimes
Happy Prospecting
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Happy Prospecting! |
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2008 : 09:03:45
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20 boxes
14070 CU 28.14%
173 Wheats
269 Canadian CU, 2 Kings
1 Dime
1 Button, first oddball in a roll that I have found
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Posted - 01/05/2008 : 16:17:30
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2nd box was a a blast
had several local rolls in it with depositor names on them.
548 copper
12 wheaties including 1927, 1930, 1934 and 1937 all found in one roll
3 canadian copper
6 misc foreign
1 dime
1930 zinc
22.52% copper |
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Posted - 01/05/2008 : 21:15:31
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I got 7 rolls of pennies from the bank today. Just got through sorting 350 pennies. Here is my count.
242 zinc
107 copper
1 wheat
What perCENTage is this?
350 sorted...108 copper found....108 divided by 350 = 30.86%
Thanks to Ryedale
now i can calculate the perCENTage
Have A Great Weekend!
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PennyProspector
Penny Pincher Member
USA
212 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2008 : 22:21:41
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$100 Sorted tonight
$30.85 Copper (30.85%)
22 wheats
1 plastic (Ridale stopping) Play Penny
(I used to think that this was a good tool for children to learn about money until I got the Rydale, now I think those plastic pennies should be banned from sale)
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Happy Prospecting! |
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Ryedale
Administrator
USA
523 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2008 : 23:47:09
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Great job on the percentage, I misguided you a bit, but you figured it out, need the coppers divided by the total sorted. Still a great percentage at 30+ percent.
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2008 : 02:55:38
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Had to work all day today so only got 5 boxes sorted tonight. Did manage to scare up some more boxes at the banks yesterday and today though, to keep my stack from becoming depleted.
Sorting report for today:
5 boxes BWR pennies
2549 Copper
1 darn dime
20.39%
Coin Buying Report
Wells Fargo - Pinole
8 boxes BWR pennies
Looks like this regular weekly pickup is back on track after the holidays. They got me all excited when they asked me "How many do you want?" (They should never ask me that.. LOL) "How many do you have?" I replied. Turns out they only had my 8 boxes. And here they got me all excited thinking I was going to get a bunch of extra boxes from them.
Wells Fargo - Livermore
60 CWR pennies
1 Box BWR pennies
Bank of America - Livermore
24 Boxes BWR 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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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2008 : 19:05:38
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Bought 50 assorted rolls yesterday, slow day.
Sorted $25 CWR today.
648 Cu
1 Cu CA
1 non Cu CA
6 wheats
2 dimes
25.9%
Still buying more than I'm getting sorted....
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 - 01/07/2008 : 00:26:05
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Slow day for me too.. only sorted 7 boxes.
3719 Copper
3 darn dimes
21.25%
-a few more than I had before.. |
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 - 01/07/2008 : 00:29:07
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quote:
Originally posted by NotABigDeal
Still buying more than I'm getting sorted....
A sure sign that you are underequiped.. time to buy that 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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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2008 : 06:41:00
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quote:
Originally posted by HoardCopperByTheTon
A sure sign that you are underequiped.. time to buy that Ryedale.
I know, I know....really thinking hard about it. Main problem, of course the zinc disposal. I'm not camping out for 4+ hours in front of the change counter to dispose of zincs. Can't find any bank to take my loose zincs. Only roller I have is a Royal Sovereign. Great machine, just wont keep up with the Ryedale.
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 - 01/07/2008 : 10:31:17
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| Technically, you are already holding your zincs. You just have them mixed in with your copper in those unsorted boxes right now. Probably an Indian Head cent hiding in there somewhere too. The RS is certainly a big step up from hand rolling. I used mine for a few months before upgrading to a Glory automatic rolling machine.. I have 2 of them now. I got the rolling machines prior to getting my Ryedale because I knew zinc disposal was going to be a crucial part of the equation. Since then I have found one of my banks that will let me turn them in by the bag. That is much more convenient since my counters are even faster than my rolling machines. Of course if you find a bank that will take them by the bag you will need a good quality counting machine. A guy just can't have too many coin machines. |
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 - 01/07/2008 : 11:02:29
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$50 Brinks wrapped pennies
22.7% copper
14 Wheat Pennies
1 1967 Canadian Rock Dove Penny (my 2nd one this year!)
1 darn dime
1 beautiful blood-red 1983 zinc---lovely, even toning, a BU slider. A keeper for sure! |
"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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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2008 : 20:53:00
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Sorted 2 - $25.00 Brinks Boxes
1389 Copper 27.8 %
Not Included in copper #'s
15 Canadian CU
2 Canadian Other
12 Wheats None worth mentioning
0 Dimes
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2008 : 08:48:40
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1 box
791 copper 31.64%
21 wheats oldest was 1935
17 canadian coppers |
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2008 : 20:40:38
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I don't have a good estimate on copper percentage this week as I didn't weigh the bank bags before I sorted them. So I will low-ball at 25% cu.
Report For Last 7 Days:
33 boxes equivalent (includes 4 $50 dollar bank bags)
20,625 coppers hoarded
1919 wheat
1908 Indian
1903 Indian
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 01/09/2008 : 22:27:14
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Sorted $50.00 Brinks Boxes
1436 Copper 28.7 %
Not Included in copper #'s
11 Canadian CU
11 Canadian Other
10 Wheats None worth mentioning
0 Dimes
1 - 2 Cent Euro |
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