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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
451 Posts |
 Posted - 02/18/2008 : 18:36:22
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| Found my oldest cent yet-a 1911 in fine condition. Only 2 years away from an Indian Head cent. |
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wolvesdad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2008 : 16:18:32
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| Found my first Indian Head Cent EVER(I've bought them before, never found!!) But the date is unreadable...maybe 189? THis thing was in the ground for years, found, then thrown back into circulation. No active green corrosion, but PITTED LIKE CRAZY!! Ugliest Indian ever? Value? Priceless!(hey it's my first) |
"May your percentages ever increase!" |
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2008 : 16:35:17
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| congrats. no matter how ugly, an indian is still an indian. definately worth saving. |
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson
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aboxaweek
Penny Collector Member
USA
326 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2008 : 16:37:39
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I've found one just how you described a year ago.
I still have it, and still cant read the date. |
*HUCKABEE*
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misteroman
Administrator
USA
2565 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2008 : 16:54:47
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Believe me not when I was looking in my buddy's ashtray in his truck I found a 1909!!! I flipped it over and was like  V.D.B!!!! I would grade it vg10 or so,but the shock of Finding it was worth more then the coin by far.Even people that don't collect coins know what that one is.My best find in change in 20 years of collecting.
Derek |
Buying CU cents!!!! Paying 1.2 unlimited amounts wanted. Can pick up if near Ohio area. |
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aboxaweek
Penny Collector Member
USA
326 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2008 : 17:43:42
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| Nice find!!! Wish i had one of those! |
*HUCKABEE*
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wolvesdad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - 02/24/2008 : 00:20:04
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| Already said, found a pitted, undateable Indian Head, But better today, found a 1919-S Wheat. Only worth 15 cents or so, but a nice find for me! |
"May your percentages ever increase!" |
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misteroman
Administrator
USA
2565 Posts |
Posted - 02/24/2008 : 00:26:51
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^^^^ the bag (my first ever!!) of 5,000 wheats I got last Monday had 13 19-s in it I was shocked. Best was a 24-d in AG/G.Was more shocked at the last one
Derek |
Buying CU cents!!!! Paying 1.2 unlimited amounts wanted. Can pick up if near Ohio area. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2008 : 02:33:42
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Finally.. Finally.. I found that first Indian of the year. With the way everybody else has been reporting finding Indians I was starting to think even NotABigDeal was going to find an Indian before me this year! You know how luck goes in streaks? I found not 1, but 6 Indians in tonight's sort.. the oldest being 1900.
I also found my oldest Lincoln of the year.. a 1909 VDB in XF.. I looked, and I looked, and I looked, and I looked.. but I couldn't see an S on there. |
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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TXTim
Penny Hoarding Member
629 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2008 : 06:58:41
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| 1897 IH in fine condition |
Beer is my currency. |
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2008 : 07:25:19
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Originally posted by HoardCopperByTheTon
Finally.. Finally.. I found that first Indian of the year. With the way everybody else has been reporting finding Indians I was starting to think even NotABigDeal was going to find an Indian before me this year! You know how luck goes in streaks? I found not 1, but 6 Indians in tonight's sort.. the oldest being 1900.
I also found my oldest Lincoln of the year.. a 1909 VDB in XF.. I looked, and I looked, and I looked, and I looked.. but I couldn't see an S on there.
Congrats! I am still waiting for my first VDB. I probably have found 8 1909s, but none with the magic initials. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2008 : 08:04:43
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Not a lot of sorting lately, but I did find a fairly nice one.
1913 S Pretty low mintage,(6.1 million) and fairly nice condition.
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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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2008 : 12:53:01
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Great sorting day -
Got a 1919 S Very Fine - Extra Fine condition worth $6.
Got a 1917 D Very Good condition worth $1.75
Got my first Indian Head 1903 Good - Very Good condition worth $2.20
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2008 : 21:04:47
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| new oldest of the year for me tonight. 1898 Indian in G. |
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson
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JSutter
Penny Pincher Member
214 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2008 : 21:35:44
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I found a 1912 wheat, had a 1917 wheat the other day that was so worn it was barely readable.
I have my machine set up with a zinc target too then I rerun all the rejects through with a 95% target which kicks out any mis-sorts and most of the older wheats. |
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2008 : 22:26:17
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| My oldest was a pair of 1917's in my last box. Both were G to VG condition so maybe worth 50 cents to a dollar each or so. |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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wolvesdad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2008 : 07:41:49
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Originally posted by Hirbonzig
Found my oldest cent yet-a 1911 in fine condition. Only 2 years away from an Indian Head cent.
I too found a 1911....G-Fine, except that it had been dipped or clean at some time in it's recent past... funny then that it would make it back into circulation!
So far, this year, my oldest found readable date. (I'd found the unreadable, pitted Indian) |
"May your percentages ever increase!" |
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WilliamC
Penny Collector Member
USA
471 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2008 : 10:23:12
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Just sorting by eye for now until I order the machine in a week or two.
But last night I found a 1923, no shine but not very worn. |
Sorting In Northwest Mississippi |
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aboxaweek
Penny Collector Member
USA
326 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2008 : 16:03:18
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On monday i had found a 1918 wheat pennie. its worth about 12 cents according to.
You must be logged in to see this link.
I think the web site is pretty old though. |
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Loophole29
Penny Sorter Member
78 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2008 : 23:19:54
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First Post. I've been stalking these forums for a few months, but never felt the erge to post ... until tonight, because I found my first (and second) Indian Head! I just had to tell someone.
First was 1882 - XF, at least. Can't believe how good it looks.
Two minutes later I found a 1889 - G.
Also, let me say how you guys rock. I found both in my "Zinc keep" that I was just dumping until a few weeks ago after reading posts here telling you to give it a look. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2008 : 00:22:03
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Congratulations on finding your first 2 Indians! That 82 sounds like a great one.
Glad to hear something I posted here helped you to find them. This is a great site for the sharing of stories and ideas. I have picked up several good tips from the other members here as well. |
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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No82s
Penny Pincher Member
USA
198 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2008 : 00:54:21
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| AWESOME!!!! I can only wish to find one in the wild. |
The difference between an optimist and a pessimist is that the pessimist is better informed. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2008 : 01:13:15
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| Keep at it No82's.. they are out there. They say you only have to sort about 100,000 pennies to find one. Of course if you find one, there is often another nearby. You wouldn't want that first one Loophole29 found anyway.. it was an 82! |
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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misteroman
Administrator
USA
2565 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2008 : 01:56:28
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hoard,
What is the status with wheats and IHP and the Ryedale?Does it spit them out with the Zincs or the coppers?How do you ever find them them if you are mass-sorting?
Derek |
Buying CU cents!!!! Paying 1.2 unlimited amounts wanted. Can pick up if near Ohio area. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2008 : 03:00:01
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| It's easy misteroman.. since I have all these great machines I don't strain my eyes eyeballing all those cents. I save my eyesight for the crucial step when I am about ready to bag up the zinc for return. The wheats and Indians can go either way when sorted. Usually the older wheats and Indians will go to the zinc side though. Using a big pan I bought at the dollar store I can quickly check the zincs to make sure to pull all the old wheats and Indians out before bagging up the zincs to return to the bank. They are really easy to spot in that big pan with all those shiny zincs. (See my other thread about my new alternative sorting method) If they go to the copper side I will find them later when I get around to refining the buckets of copper. Right now I am trying to capture as much copper as possible by mass-sorting before all the copper is gone from circulation. You really should get you one of those Ryedales. I love it! I am just a big kid that likes to sort though a bunch of pennies so I can add coppers, wheats and Indians to my hoard. The machines allow me to process a lot more pennies in a lot less time. |
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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