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HoardCopperByTheTon
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USA
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Posted - 01/23/2008 : 12:06:22
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| I'm starting to feel like NotABigDeal.. everybody but me is finding Indian Head cents this year. Actually I enjoy hearing about all you guys finding Indians.. Congratulations! |
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 - 01/23/2008 : 17:40:59
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Yet to find one....still looking....
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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jorhyne
Penny Pincher Member
174 Posts |
 Posted - 01/23/2008 : 18:33:06
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| Guess this doesn't really count, but my Dad offhandedly mentioned to me the other day that he filled out a penny book when he was a kid. He gave them to me, and the oldest penny in there was an 1858! There was also a 1909 vdb...no S though. Any other valuable pennies I should look for? |
Pennies For Sale: http://tiny.cc/jorhynespennies |
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El Dee
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
547 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2008 : 22:06:46
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Ooof-
Most D's and S's before 1930 were relatively low mintages compared to the unmarked Philly mint. Besides those these are the jewels:
1909-S vdb (the crown jewel)
1909-S no vdb
1914-D
1922 plain (defective D)
1931-S
1955 double die obverse- (so obvious it will leap up and slap you on the side of the head)
1972 double die obverse (not as obvious as a 1955)
There are other doubles, and other rarities but you'll want to consult a coin guide.
Mint errors are always desirable. Look up a coin collectors page and learn what a 'cud' is. Horgad has found some. I found one. Error collectors pay good money for these. Also, if you find an unplated cent, same thing. |
Trust the government? Ask an Indian. |
Edited by - El Dee on 01/25/2008 11:27:42 |
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Art Tatum
Penny Collector Member
USA
400 Posts |
Posted - 01/24/2008 : 18:05:18
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I found a 24-P in about VF+ yesterday. not bad! it was the year mommy was born! |
my machine is running! |
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Posted - 01/25/2008 : 09:03:13
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| I'm nearly done hand sorting my very first lot of pennies (10 boxes of $25) and last night found an indian head in the eighth box, from 1899. Also found a zinc that has a four leaf clover carved beside lincoln's head, someone was nice to throw that in there. :) |
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Art Tatum
Penny Collector Member
USA
400 Posts |
Posted - 01/26/2008 : 14:52:47
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THIS JUST IN!
1943-S STEEL PENNY CULL FOUND IN $400 SCOOP!
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 Posted - 02/02/2008 : 18:09:33
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My wife found a 1904 Indian head in her change couple days ago.
Still pretty good shape. Myself a 1940 wheat.
Hey Art Tatum you got your grey star ie; posts. |
They preach man who say that so soon as the penny jingles into the money-box, the soul flies out [of purgatory]. #27 of 95 Theses Martin Luther, 1517 |
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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2008 : 18:17:33
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I'm down to 1914.
Still looking for my first Indian of the year...... |
"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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Cerulean
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
993 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2008 : 13:34:40
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| A coworker today handed me a 1903 Indian cent. I think he found it in '07, though. Now I'm in the Indian Head Club too! (This is now the oldest coin I've got, breaking my previous oldest find by 16 years.) |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2008 : 15:14:23
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| Still haven't found my first Indian of the year yet either. But I did find something even tougher in a roll last night.. a 1944-D mercury dime! These are even harder to find in a penny roll than Indian pennies. I believe this is the oldest dime found in a penny roll this year. |
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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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2008 : 22:29:51
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| got a 1903 indian in VG condition tonight. my third ever found in circulation. its been roughly 95,000 cents since my last one so i was definately due. |
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 07:09:53
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My oldest is an 1890 Indian now. I am going to be lucky to beat that again this year, but I will try.  |
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Posted - 02/07/2008 : 08:57:34
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| How many coins are you sorting per week to find indian heads? Are you the guys who are sorting multiple boxes per week? My volume for pennies is very low (dollars per week) Even so I find a Wheat every couple dollars. The oldest thus far is mid 1930's. |
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El Dee
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
547 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 09:07:42
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I caught my first one in a $25 box, sorted by hand. It was my second box.
My second was after about 60 boxes. So at that rate, I'm getting one every 60 boxes. |
Trust the government? Ask an Indian. |
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Art Tatum
Penny Collector Member
USA
400 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 11:40:12
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04 indian head in VG
43-s steel reprocessed otherwise ms-63 or so just yesterday! |
my machine is running! |
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 12:10:31
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Originally posted by silver1234
How many coins are you sorting per week to find indian heads? Are you the guys who are sorting multiple boxes per week? My volume for pennies is very low (dollars per week) Even so I find a Wheat every couple dollars. The oldest thus far is mid 1930's.
I average about 1 in 100,000 or 1 in 40 boxes which right now is about 1 every 2 weeks for me. Others have had less luck. I'm in the midwest. |
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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 14:49:53
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I'm up to nearly 180,000 pennies since my last Indian Head.
grrr.... |
"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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Epaphras
Penny Collector Member
USA
382 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 22:01:04
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Indian head...what's that?
Half a million pennies sorted and still have not found one. |
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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2008 : 22:43:41
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Indian head...what's that?
hahaha. You're due....
Just wait till you find a flying eagle cent!  |
"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 - 02/08/2008 : 11:05:39
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My Indian head average is 0 out of every box I sort....Not sure how many boxes I've searched though....
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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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 02/16/2008 : 13:07:04
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| 1918 Philadelphia mint penny in VG condition - worth about 50 cents. |
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aboxaweek
Penny Collector Member
USA
326 Posts |
Posted - 02/17/2008 : 10:35:57
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1941
not worth much, a lousy 3cents
hope to find an indian this year.
last year, age 13, iwas going through rolls at p***city days (my local city i will not share for copper percents are high) in 8 or so rolls i found 3 wheats and one unreadable indian head.
what luck! :) |
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Ryedale
Administrator
USA
523 Posts |
Posted - 02/17/2008 : 21:14:15
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Got $50 CWR from one bank this week. Included an interesting old roll, nothing newer than 1971. Many shiny coins, at least on the faces of the coins, the edges where it touched the paper, had the dark color. This roll had 5 wheat pennies, oldest being 1944. Immagaine sorting for wheats in 1971 and getting 5% wheats. Obviously coins from some old stash.
Heres the really good news, my son was sorting, feeding the machine, and I looked down and pointed, Sure enough "he" found a 1907 Indian in great condition. We quickly put it in a flip, and I gave it to him. He loved it. Happy Sorting. |
Ryedale
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Art Tatum
Penny Collector Member
USA
400 Posts |
Posted - 02/17/2008 : 22:13:37
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get it PCGS certified with pedigree***
"Ryedale coin hoard" |
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