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c140cessna
Penny Collector Member
USA
419 Posts |
 Posted - 01/27/2008 : 19:42:38
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Sort Report: Sunday 1-27-08
Sorted the last of my BWR stash....nothing left to sort in the house...
US Copper:
Amount Sorted = $275 FV (11 "boxes")
Copper Hoarded = $83 FV (3.3 "boxes")
Added to Hoard = 56 lbs
Copper % = 30.1% (typical for SE Michigan is 29%)
Composition: 100% BWR
US Cu = 4053 lbs
Canadian Cu = 2624 lbs
Total Cu = 6677 lbs
Ryedale Machine(s) Total Sorted: 5,276,000 since Mar 2007.
Hoard Code has been updated to reflect the above additions.
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2008 : 23:36:26
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Sorting Report for today:
4 Boxes BWR pennies
2110 Copper
2 darn dimes
21.1%
-a few more than I had before...
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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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Posted - 01/28/2008 : 02:43:27
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| I recently have become aware that in 1983 errors occurred when the mint accidentally used copper stock. So, there are apparently 1983 copper cents out there that may have a high collector value. Has anyone run into these that they are aware of, perhaps using the sorting machine? |
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c140cessna
Penny Collector Member
USA
419 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2008 : 07:03:43
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Originally posted by glenn
I recently have become aware that in 1983 errors occurred when the mint accidentally used copper stock. So, there are apparently 1983 copper cents out there that may have a high collector value. Has anyone run into these that they are aware of, perhaps using the sorting machine?
Might be a 1983 Copper in there....I never search my copper hoard....just pack it away....don't even look for the wheats. Doubt I'll ever look through the hoard....probably will sell it someday to someone that might....unless it just goes to the scrap metal dealer.
Specific date/feature hunting is a lot of work. I don't have time for that now... |
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Posted - 01/28/2008 : 22:59:55
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I understand, that's where i focus my attention although. I love the small details and the current returns.
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Epaphras
Penny Collector Member
USA
382 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2008 : 15:47:03
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Sorting analysis:
$10.00 CWR
235 copper=23.5%
$50.00 BWR
870 copper=17.4%
$50.00 FWR
890 copper=17.8%
one mexican coin
one dime
a couple of typical wheats
a couple of Canadians |
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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2008 : 01:05:41
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$50 Brinks
28.9% copper
28 wheats, including a 1914.
And once again, the rock doves flock to me---2 '67 Canadian doves, one of which is XF.
1 Panama penny
Overall a good batch. Few dirty coins, and lots of red/orange color remaining in coppers. |
"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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El Dee
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
547 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2008 : 14:31:53
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10 boxes - 25,000 coins
8,122 coppers 32.49%
1 Singapore 10c
1 East Caribbean States 1c
2 dimes |
Trust the government? Ask an Indian. |
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billsattic
Penny Sorter Member
USA
47 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2008 : 16:53:07
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12 boxes yesterday.
8712 copper
207 wheats
2 blanks
1 plastic
2 dimes
a few polish coins
washer --- yes a washer... 1st one ever. The dimes made up for it :)
usual canadians
Gonna only do a few boxes today... tired of the noise
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
 Posted - 01/31/2008 : 19:55:28
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Well, it finally happened. I got my first dud box of pennies. I used to read about it happening to other members and be glad it had never happened to me. Nobody in my town crazy enough to sort pennies. But this morning I picked up 2 boxes from one of my banks and they were both solid zinc!
Fortunately I didn't spend a lot of time unrolling them and sorting them. When I opened the boxes I could see that the pennies were machine rolled. And guess what.. they used the same rolling paper I do. Hey, these were actually my pennies! I deposited these 2 boxes a couple of weeks ago. Thought they would be long gone by now. I never got my own pennies back before. I fixed it though.. I walked next door and deposited them in a bank that hardly ever gives me pennies anymore. Now I know they don't have any more of my pennies so I will pick up a couple of fresh boxes from them tomorrow or the next day. |
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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c140cessna
Penny Collector Member
USA
419 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2008 : 20:00:58
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| Back when I machine rolled (now I just dump loose)...I would mark the end and top of my boxes with a ZMMDDYY Code...today would be Z013108. I did it in sharpie so it was easy to see....never got my own back that way...probably passed on 40 or 50 of my own boxes over 7 months...saved a lot of frustration. |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2008 : 21:37:30
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 01/31/2008 : 21:40:00
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Sorted $35 CWR
976 Copper 27.9 %
Not Included in copper #'s
8 Canadian CU
4 Canadian Other
11 Wheats None worth mentioning
1 Dimes
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2008 : 06:41:55
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Quick Brinks box sort last night. Didn't really have time, but I made some....
629 Cu
25.2%
Since I have a Ryedale, I only search for older wheats on my resort. I leave the rest in with the coppers. I don't sell any coppers, so the wheats just wait for a future hand sort. If I see a wheat come out of the copper chute, I'll grab it though. Sometimes I take a bunch of coppers over to my little sister and she loves to search for them I give her most that she finds. Trying to give her the bug....
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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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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2008 : 09:39:16
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Sometimes I take a bunch of coppers over to my little sister and she loves to search for them I give her most that she finds. Trying to give her the bug....
Be careful what you wish for---you just might get it. I got my girlfriend involved in penny sorting, and now she's driving me crazy! She's like the boy who cried wolf. Every roll she opens she yells out, "I found an Indian Head!" or better yet "I found a flying eagle!" Of course I examine the penny just to double check. It's usually just a copper. What's ironic is that she actually has found a few Indian Head pennies, but now she's killing her credibility, driving me crazy, and loving every minute of it!  |
"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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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2008 : 10:48:28
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$25 customer-wrapped yielded:
19.8% copper
one 1927 wheat
one 2006 Canadian |
"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 - 02/01/2008 : 21:07:44
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$50.00 FWR
18.44% copper
I did find a 1953d BU. Never found a BU wheat in circulation before. |
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PennyProspector
Penny Pincher Member
USA
212 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2008 : 22:27:36
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1st sort in 2 weeks.. (I've been on vacation)
10,000 sorted
3,051 copper 30.51%
1 1943 Steel penny... My daughter was thrilled.. it was the nicest one we have found in the wild.... needles to say, It is her collection, NOT MINE!
(She spotted it b4 it even stopped bouncing around in the bottom of the bucket)
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Happy Prospecting! |
Edited by - PennyProspector on 02/01/2008 22:28:20 |
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MormonMetal
Penny Pincher Member
USA
150 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2008 : 10:10:22
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Finally able to get some more sorting done, since my carpal tunnel issues.
1-28-08
$65.00 sorted
956 copper
4 Canadian
5 Wheats
3 Dimes
1 Indian Head (my first one yet, 1903, and it's a beauty)
14.71 percent copper; right at average for my area
Near the end of last year I sold off my copper hoard to a local coin dealer for 1.5x face, he thought he should hold some for speculation. So now I'm going to try and ramp up production but build my hoard back up. I'm at the point now where I can dump $600 in zinc a week without a problem; I'll just have to step up my game to source $700+ per week. We'll see how it goes.
-M.M.
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c140cessna
Penny Collector Member
USA
419 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2008 : 12:54:18
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Originally posted by MormonMetal
... I'll just have to step up my game to source $700+ per week. We'll see how it goes.
M.M. - Are you hand sorting several hundred per week? Or are you in the "Ryedale" club? |
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c140cessna
Penny Collector Member
USA
419 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2008 : 12:57:58
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Sort Report: Saturday 2-2-08
Another big sort week!
US Copper:
Amount Sorted = $1150 FV (46 "boxes")
Copper Hoarded = $325 FV (13 "boxes")
Added to Hoard = 220 lbs
Copper % = 28.3% (typical for SE Michigan is 29%)
Composition: 100% Credit Union Loose Bags (6 boxes of CWR)
US Cu = 4273 lbs
Canadian Cu = 2624 lbs
Total Cu = 6897 lbs
Ryedale Machine(s) Total Sorted: 5,444,000 since Mar 2007.
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MormonMetal
Penny Pincher Member
USA
150 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2008 : 13:30:20
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| I'll be getting my Ryedale membership card shortly after I get my tax return. I can manage to hand sort about $150 to $200 a week if I'm working at my job 80-90 hours a week. |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2008 : 13:46:26
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Sorted 1 - $25 Brinks Box of CRW
I was a little concerned that I would have junk in this box, since most people don't bring their rolls in Brinks Boxes. No cause for concern as it was a nice percentage of copper.
742 Copper 29.7 %
Not Included in copper #'s
2 Canadian CU
1 Canadian Other
8 Wheats None worth mention
0 Dimes |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2008 : 13:57:38
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Originally posted by glenn
I recently have become aware that in 1983 errors occurred when the mint accidentally used copper stock. So, there are apparently 1983 copper cents out there that may have a high collector value. Has anyone run into these that they are aware of, perhaps using the sorting machine?
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I had a 1983 penny that was beautifully struck and in AU condition. It was a very deep mint strike like you see in most coppers. I thought it was a copper, but knew it couldn't be one since it was 1983. I heard about the 1983 coppers about a week after turning this coin back to the bank. At the time I didn't have my Ryedale or a scale. It would have been worth it to have the equipment. I have since learned better not to turn anything back that I think is unusual, and do some homework on it.
Please note: The Ryedale will only pull it out into the coppers. You have to visually check the dates of the coppers for 1983. I check the dates of any newer looking coins that appear in the copper batches, so I will catch it again if it happens.
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2008 : 17:37:22
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Sorted 2 - $25 Brinks Boxes-Sealed
1059 Copper 21.2 %
Not Included in copper #'s
7 Canadian CU
3 Canadian Other
12 Wheats 1936 oldest
0 Dimes
I did have a penny covered in crud. I cleaned the crud off with distilled water and a cloth. I got all the crud off and behold a 1943 copper penny. I quickly took it upstairs to my magnifier, with doubts that it really was a 1943 copper, to find the last digit was an 8 that was badly worn on the left side and looked like a 3. It really looks like a 3 with the naked eye. |
Edited by - Tourney64 on 02/02/2008 17:49:18 |
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