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 Posted - 01/07/2008 : 20:54:07
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Miser-stro
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 01/07/2008 : 21:12:59
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| WHERE! WHERE! WHERE!?!? Think of all the hidden treasures!!! |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 01/07/2008 : 21:38:19
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| Dang, I need one of those for my backyard! |
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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coincollector101
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 01/07/2008 : 22:22:35
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I want to park a cupple ryedales up to that.
Ill bring enough zinc's to trade for copper wheats and indians :p
Hehe nice find
I wonder where this is?
Happy hoarding,
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2008 : 23:44:53
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| thats a real life scrooge mcduck money bin |
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson
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Miser-stro
Penny Sorter Member
74 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2008 : 23:55:49
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I did a search and found that these are in Jackson, Mississippi. Its a Memorial specially designed to hold 50 million pennies weighing 160 tons and totaling $500,000. — Each penny a remembrance for a baby that has been aborted in America since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 legalizing infants to be aborted in all 50 states throughout all nine months of pregnancy.
Any serious hoarders take note (just in case you're getting ready to build one of these):
"Concrete pilings more than 16 feet deep support the thick concrete pad that serves as the floor of the container. A super-strong polycarbonate material serves as the “glass” on all four sides, making the container transparent."
Looks like all the funds are eventually going to be donated to pro-life programs. It also looks like they've made quite a bit of progress since those first pictures:
WOW, gotta get one of these.... A STRETCH ARMORED TRUCK!!
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coincollector101
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Miser-stro
Penny Sorter Member
74 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2008 : 00:17:16
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We should not be jealous. Our penny hoards are 100% COPPER!!!  |
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Posted - 01/08/2008 : 08:38:34
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| We'd need a reinforced version that handled 175 tons :) |
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 01/08/2008 : 09:21:54
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After the fund raiser is over, a really well funded hoarder or group of hoarders could offer to buy the pennies for less than 1 cent each. All you would have to do is undercut whatever Brinks is going to charge them to pick-up all those pennies. I bet an offer of $475k would get their attention.
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Crash
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 01/08/2008 : 10:01:19
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Originally posted by horgad
I wonder what the copper percentage is in Jackson?
That's about 3 hours from me. If it's similar to my area, 12%-15%. |
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2008 : 11:20:13
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"That's about 3 hours from me. If it's similar to my area, 12%-15%."
Ouch... |
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Epaphras
Penny Collector Member
USA
382 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2008 : 13:48:38
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| *Sigh* Think of all the key and semi-key dates not to mention the thousands of coppers. |
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El Dee
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
547 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2008 : 13:50:55
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| How long would it take me and my Apprentice to work through the whole thing? |
Trust the government? Ask an Indian. |
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2008 : 15:22:13
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Originally posted by El Dee
How long would it take me and my Apprentice to work through the whole thing?
If you did one pass, I would guess about 3333 hours (probably a bit less). That is based on me being able to run a box of 2500 through an apprentice in less then 10 minutes. So 50,000,000 / 2,500 is 20,000 boxes and 20,000 boxes * 10 minutes / 60 minutes per hour = 3333 hours. So you could get it done in a year or so if you worked 60+ hours a week.
I think that you might want to buy a second apprentice or two for that job.  |
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TXTim
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 01/08/2008 : 18:39:03
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| Looks like a great place to dump zinc. |
Beer is my currency. |
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snappy
Penny Collector Member
USA
301 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2008 : 18:42:22
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| the videos are better then viagra... my wife thanks you for the post. |
Selling Ryedale sorted USA cents
1.5 each + shipping over 500fv 1.5 each +1/2 shipping
If you pick up 1.35 each
located MT/ND boarder.
after Ryedale sorting they are hand sorted to remove canadian then rechecked with Ryedale to insure all copper and count out $50 FV then placed in cloth bags and sealed with #1 copper wire. |
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El Dee
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
547 Posts |
Posted - 01/08/2008 : 18:42:30
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Originally posted by horgad
If you did one pass, I would guess about 3333 hours (probably a bit less).
But I want to search for old wheats! |
Trust the government? Ask an Indian. |
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c140cessna
Penny Collector Member
USA
419 Posts |
 Posted - 01/26/2008 : 09:38:50
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I put in perspective, the Govt mints 5B+ pennies per year....or about 100X that number of pennies per year!
Or another thought....since there are about 6.5B people on earth and about 300M in the US....it would take 6 boxes to represent the US Population and 130 boxes to represent to world population....there are a lot of humans on earth.....what will happen when cheap oil runs out.....a lot less food.....a lot of dead humans....
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