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UDEric
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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 Posted - 05/14/2010 : 18:55:02
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So I bought 2 boxes of half dollars today. My girlfriend told me to wait until tomorrow so she could help me open them. I knew I'd go stir crazy with 2 boxes of coins just sitting there, so I bought a box of pennies to sort in the meantime. I'm glad I did, as it was by far the best penny box I've searched in terms of finding a high quantity of wheaties...here are my new PR's:
1. Found 136 Wheat in total
2. 29 of 50 Rolls had at least one Wheat
3. 17 rolls had at least 5 wheat
4. Had 10 Wheat in a roll x2
5. 7 rolls had a wheat showing on the end
Most of them were from the 40's and 50's...the only pre-40's I found were: 1937, 1936, 1928, 1921, 1919
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JWRAY
Penny Collector Member
USA
378 Posts |
Posted - 05/14/2010 : 19:17:49
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| Wow great box. That is 3x the amount of wheats in my best box, and I thought 40 something was a great find. |
MOVING SALE!!! Selling Copper Cents 1.4 shipped - in limited quantities PM me and we'll talk. |
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battlecat
Penny Pincher Member
152 Posts |
Posted - 05/14/2010 : 19:31:20
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| Wow nice score!! I would hit that bank up again! |
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UDEric
Penny Pincher Member
USA
202 Posts |
Posted - 05/14/2010 : 19:58:02
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Originally posted by battlecat
Wow nice score!! I would hit that bank up again!
That's the thing...this is pretty much the only bank I use for pennies, and the most I've ever found prior to tonight was like 25-35 in one box.
Guess this was just a lucky night. |
"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth" |
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Roadrunner
Penny Collector Member
USA
413 Posts |
Posted - 05/14/2010 : 20:11:54
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| Nice! I have had big scores on nickels and halves but not yet for pennies...send some of that luck over this way! I usually get about 17-22 a box. |
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - 05/14/2010 : 20:37:31
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| heres hoping the two half boxes produce some good finds as well... |
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson
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battlecat
Penny Pincher Member
152 Posts |
Posted - 05/14/2010 : 20:40:01
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| But you may be able to get a string of boxes, If they are open on saturday I would try and get there in the am and pick up two more and see what you get |
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beauanderos
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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JWRAY
Penny Collector Member
USA
378 Posts |
Posted - 05/14/2010 : 22:09:19
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Well I do know that my two best boxes as far was wheats go were back to back purchased the same day; one had upper 30's in wheats and one had 40 some wheats. Normally I only get around 11 a box.
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MOVING SALE!!! Selling Copper Cents 1.4 shipped - in limited quantities PM me and we'll talk. |
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2212 Posts |
Posted - 05/14/2010 : 22:32:33
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| It's nice that your girlfriend want to sort coins with you and it will be a while before you beat this score. |
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Aristobolus
Penny Sorter Member
76 Posts |
Posted - 05/15/2010 : 21:46:02
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| Were these locally rolled, or Brinks boxes? |
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Lemon Thrower
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1588 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2010 : 06:58:46
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| i bet you are really looking forward to getting into your girlfriend's box. |
Buying:
Peace/Morgan G+ at $15.00
copper cents at 1.3X
wheat pennies at 3X
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NDFARMER
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1197 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2010 : 22:36:58
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| I'm more impressed that you have a girlfriend that wants to sort pennies "WITH YOU" rather than the amount of wheats you found. You better hang on to her. My wife and kids think I'm nuts and want nothing to do with any of my coin collecting or copper mining. My wife can't wait for me to drop dead so she can take it all to the bank and dump it at face value. |
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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UDEric
Penny Pincher Member
USA
202 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2010 : 06:38:26
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@Aristobolus : It was a bank rolled N.F. String box
@Lemon Thrower: Yes
@NDFarmer : I've only been coin sorting for about a month now...so she is still testing the waters out I think. She's much less interested in sorting the pennies, but likes to look for silver in the halves (typical)...and I do plan on hanging on to her...probably for good sometime soon :) |
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twentybux
Penny Pincher Member
174 Posts |
Posted - 05/22/2010 : 23:07:33
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| Congratulations UDEric! You da man. I am more in NDFarmer's boat than your's. My wife just thinks I am having a mid-life crisis and the coin thing is better than betting all of the money on the ponies at the track, buying an expensive sportscar I don't need and can't afford, or going on the prowl. This way in her eyes I am nuts but she knows just what I am doing. Ha! |
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rosco
Penny Collector Member
USA
254 Posts |
Posted - 05/26/2010 : 01:37:11
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The Wives may question what we are doing but so far they are keeping US around an thats a good thing as I chose not to cook
The Penny's will keep this house from blowing away  if we have a repeat of the Columbus day Storm of the 1960s a big event in Oregon. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 05/26/2010 : 01:45:29
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*Has started cooking lately* It's not so bad.  |
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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thedrifter
Penny Sorter Member
USA
96 Posts |
Posted - 05/26/2010 : 03:09:07
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Hey, Rosco where in Oregon are you located? I am in Burns.
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Originally posted by rosco
The Wives may question what we are doing but so far they are keeping US around an thats a good thing as I chose not to cook
The Penny's will keep this house from blowing away if we have a repeat of the Columbus day Storm of the 1960s a big event in Oregon.
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misteroman
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 05/26/2010 : 08:14:59
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RR, You get 17-22 wheats in a box on average? Good #'s!!!
UD, Good catch. I always get told to move "them coins" off the kitchen counterlol |
Buying CU cents!!!! Paying 1.2 unlimited amounts wanted. Can pick up if near Ohio area. |
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