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talonfoe
New Member
USA
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 Posted - 08/31/2010 : 17:11:51
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I was just wonder on average what % of coins are pre-82 when you break them down. I live in a small town and got $20 from one of the local banks and I estimate that I got just under 1/3 copper compared to zinc. Only a couple wheats and 2 pre-80 canadians. But maybe the advantage of living in the small town area is that the pennies might have been in town and stayed here since original distrobution. LOL just a thought.
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Kiwiman
Penny Pincher Member
225 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 17:17:47
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jasmatk
New Member
USA
10 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 18:35:14
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| 1/3-1/4 normal but I have had boxes close to 50/50 those are getting harder to find. I started running ads buying pennies at weight and using family members (grandmother she always have alot of pennies) to get more copper.Banks at least by me are becoming useless. |
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jasmatk
New Member
USA
10 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 18:40:28
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rickygee
New Member
USA
8 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 19:25:02
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When I drop in at a bank I usually ask for five bucks worth of pennies. The side of town I work on has 7 banks on the main drag. I try not to hit a bank more than once a week.
BTW asking for $5 is no big deal, ask for $10 and the tellers never have enough in their drawer/safe and have to ask others and then the whole staff gets involved and the experience takes on negative connotations, so five it is.
 Anyway I got 10 rolls today and just my luck, all new Filly shield pennies. Skunked. I usually get 20~25% copper. The Zincers will go to my CU next week. Damn I love that Cummins counter, and no fee if deposited in your account. |
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JobIII
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1507 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 19:40:04
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Selling Copper cents. $0 FV available at 1.4xFV. Also interested in trading for wheat pennies and other coins Please pm me for requests or inquiries.
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Country
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3121 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 19:50:09
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Here's the stats for my handsorted 52 boxes the past few months.
US $311.14 Total US Coppers found in 52 $25 boxes
CANADA $1.32 Total Canadian Coppers found in 52 $25 boxes
52 Number Penny boxes searched Per $25 Box
1 0.00% Indian Head Penny Percentage 0.0
446 0.34% Wheat Penny Percentage 8.6
25415 19.55% Clean Copper Penny Percentage 488.8
2016 1.55% Ugly Abe Copper Penny Percentage 38.8
3236 2.49% 1982 Copper Penny Percentage 62.2
132 0.10% Canadian Copper Penny Percentage 2.5
31246 24.04% Total Copper Penny Percentage 600.9
30668 23.59% Total Copper Penny Percentage w/o Wheats or Canadians 589.8
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 20:03:03
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My normal percentages run about 40% in bags right now. Up from last year. Of course some are heavy while some are light. Boxes are running 20-30%.
Hey new guys, if you set up a date with the bank to pick up coins, they are usually more helpful. It is not a suprise to them. Feel free to bank shop. And don't fret on being new at this. We all were once. Large scale or small just keep up the searches.
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rodebaugh
Penny Collector Member
USA
377 Posts |
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Dalsuh
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
757 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 20:53:37
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Originally posted by rickygee
BTW asking for $5 is no big deal, ask for $10 and the tellers never have enough in their drawer/safe and have to ask others and then the whole staff gets involved and the experience takes on negative connotations, so five it is.
I have no shame in my game. Just tell them you sort and collect cents and ask for a box or two of $25 in cents. Then they'll ask the manager for the safe key and that's it. One WAMU (now Chase) branch was happy when I asked for cents. She brought out two big sealed plastic bags and asked me, "Do you want them all." I said, "heck ya" and she seemed relieved I took them off her hands.
I think some of the tellers think I'm crazy but that's okay because it's partly true .
I think percentages depends on your location, whether there are lots of businesses or not. I rarely pick up boxes in my area(Downtown L.A.) because the percentages are so low(10% or lower and maybe 1-3 wheats per $25 box). |
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ScottyTX
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 20:55:39
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Originally posted by talonfoe
I was just wonder on average what % of coins are pre-82 when you break them down. I live in a small town and got $20 from one of the local banks and I estimate that I got just under 1/3 copper compared to zinc. Only a couple wheats and 2 pre-80 canadians. But maybe the advantage of living in the small town area is that the pennies might have been in town and stayed here since original distrobution. LOL just a thought.
Just look around the site a bit more and you'll run into al kinds of useful info. There is a particular tracking thread called buying reports and sorting percentages, might want to run through it to get a better Idea. Welcome to the forum and happy sorting!!
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Corsair
Penny Hoarding Member
811 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 21:03:49
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 22:37:37
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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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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2212 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 22:48:47
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Sheikh_yer_BuTay
Penny Pincher Member
USA
232 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2010 : 06:43:49
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I started out at 33%, now it's down to 12.5%. I need to find a new location!
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ZigMeister
Penny Pincher Member
USA
229 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2010 : 15:14:12
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poordriver
New Member
22 Posts |
Posted - 09/01/2010 : 23:52:48
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quanahparker
New Member
8 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2010 : 18:26:14
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| Just hand sorted my first $10 worth of pennies since I was a little kid collecting rare wheats. Found one wheat, a 1959 canadian and a 1926 British farthing. Percentage of coppers found was 25%. |
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TheJonasCollegeFund
Penny Collector Member
USA
381 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2010 : 20:35:45
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MD Totals: Started Aug16th.(Updated Sept10th) 819 clad/cu coins/$41.13
Quarters-78
Dimes-122+1 silver roosie (1957)
Nickels-81 (56d,53d)
Copper Pennies-147
Zinc Pennies-386
Wheats-5 (36,36,46,46d,50d) |
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cu baker
New Member
USA
20 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2010 : 11:05:46
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Just sorted one box this morning. 746cu 3wheaties and 5candian cu. 30%. Thats been about my average with my high being 1237, that was fun! |
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cuppoor
Penny Sorter Member
USA
49 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2010 : 22:04:36
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| I average 30% Cu in bricks and bags in central Indiana pretty consistently. My nickel percentages are around 99.99% Cu/Ni so I don't really sort those, just hoard. |
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csb3tennessee
New Member
4 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2010 : 11:56:03
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Heartkill
Penny Sorter Member
USA
91 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2010 : 12:53:52
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| 20-25% on average in middle-Georgia here. |
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AGCoinHunter
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
685 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2010 : 14:21:47
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Get between 15-20% with a decent box. Customer rolls sometimes are better with upwards of 50% but I dont get those too often.
I have found the easiest way to get cents is to just as for a box as the bank. They usually have them in their coin vault or the tellers small vault and not too many people have to get involved. Have one bank now that a teller there saves me her customer rolled cents. Just swing by every few weeks and pick them up. |
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rexmerdinus
Penny Sorter Member
47 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2010 : 16:43:47
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versine
New Member
USA
13 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2010 : 21:10:12
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| Picked up 3 boxes at work today. So far I'm getting around 24%. These were coins from the counting machine. The other 2 boxes are Brinks sealed so I'm not sure about those yet. |
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