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HoardCopperByTheTon
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 Posted - 03/03/2008 : 21:43:20
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Originally posted by mickeyman
Ten rolls Canadian nickels . . .
SKUNKED! All ten rolls of pristine, untouched by human hands, stainless steel 2008s, fresh from the Mint. Into the time capsule they go for 200 years . . .
All is not lost mickeyman. Those 2008 nickels can get you honorable mention on the leader board of the first find contest.  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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 Posted - 03/03/2008 : 23:07:54
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Has anyone ever come across a strange zinc penny marked for the Philadelphia mint? It does not say anything about being US currency or have Lincoln on it or anything. It is either a souvenir coin or someone opened up a proof set but I cant find anything like it. I have also had a penny jam my Ryedale and when I pulled it out some Freemason had used some form of a punch to embed the square and compass. It protruded the reverse of the coin so bad it got jammed in the hopper. Darn Masons!!!
I live near Toledo Ohio and probably average around 30% Cu. I dont do much for statistics, but I weigh my unsorted Brinks boxes and they are almost always over 15lbs, sometimes even 16. I think I have sorted around $2000 since December (when I got my Ryedale) and have kept all my wheats and Canadian Kings<20 or so>. I bought one of those plastic screw/parts drawer divider things (Meijer is the only store that sells one with all small drawers, not Depot or Lowes, they all have many diff size drawers) and have labeled a drawer for every year of wheats and have at least one of almost every year already. From what I read on the posts here, I think the percentages are pretty good here compared to other areas, and my bank even tanks my junk in bags. Good Luck! |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
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USA
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Posted - 03/03/2008 : 23:52:15
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| I think that Philadelphia mint token you got is from a mint set. I got 3 of them last week. Keep looking, maybe you will find one for the Denver mint. |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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Cerulean
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
993 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2008 : 07:09:29
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220 cents from circulation:
173 zincs (1982-2007)
45 coppers (1962-1982) 20.5%
2 Canadians (1988, 2005)
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Epaphras
Penny Collector Member
USA
382 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2008 : 13:40:30
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Sorting report for today
$75.00 sorted
1271 copper=16.95%
some good wheats founds: 1923P in G and 1910 in G
Percentage down 1.05% from goal (18%) |
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Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
4841 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2008 : 14:32:54
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Originally posted by wombat43402
Has anyone ever come across a strange zinc penny marked for the Philadelphia mint? It does not say anything about being US currency or have Lincoln on it or anything. It is either a souvenir coin or someone opened up a proof set but I cant find anything like it. I have also had a penny jam my Ryedale and when I pulled it out some Freemason had used some form of a punch to embed the square and compass. It protruded the reverse of the coin so bad it got jammed in the hopper. Darn Masons!!!
I live near Toledo Ohio and probably average around 30% Cu. I dont do much for statistics, but I weigh my unsorted Brinks boxes and they are almost always over 15lbs, sometimes even 16. I think I have sorted around $2000 since December (when I got my Ryedale) and have kept all my wheats and Canadian Kings<20 or so>. I bought one of those plastic screw/parts drawer divider things (Meijer is the only store that sells one with all small drawers, not Depot or Lowes, they all have many diff size drawers) and have labeled a drawer for every year of wheats and have at least one of almost every year already. From what I read on the posts here, I think the percentages are pretty good here compared to other areas, and my bank even tanks my junk in bags. Good Luck!
I came across a Mint token that came out of a proof or Mint set.
The weight of your boxes seem to be close to mine. I'm up on the east end of the lake and state.
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klava
Penny Pincher Member
USA
192 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2008 : 21:27:56
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Searched 2000
Coppers 504 25.2%
Wheat 1(1940)
Can 0
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Friend saved me 30 coppers and 1 wheat(1957-D) |
Edited by - klava on 03/04/2008 21:41:27 |
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JSutter
Penny Pincher Member
214 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2008 : 22:16:59
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| I'm in Louisville, Ky. I run about $150 a day through my Ryedale and get on average $37-$41 of coppers. I usually get about 40-50 wheats out of those. |
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M83striker
Penny Pincher Member
USA
108 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2008 : 07:51:10
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Picked up $19.00 in customer rolled pennies from my bank yesterday. First time asking if they had anything else than Brinks boxes. They also gave me a coin bag which beats the heck out of bringing loose pennies back in the brinks boxes. Here is what I sorted out:
616 (Zinc)
1015 (Copper)
243 (1982's cause I don't have a scale)
23 (Canadian)
2 (Wheat)
1 (Dime)
Without checking my Canadians or 1982's I'm still at around 53% Cu |
When my wife got after me it sounded like "Blah,Blah,Blah", but now it sounds like "Clink,Clink,Clink". Its amazing what that Ryedale can do for a hounded husband. |
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MormonMetal
Penny Pincher Member
USA
150 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2008 : 09:43:11
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3-4-08
$20.00 sorted, customer wrapped rolls
416 copper
5 Canadian
20.80 percent copper
Currently my year to date copper percentage is just over 23%, a good five percent over what I was finding. Every little bit extra helps. And as always, more than I had before.
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2008 : 20:58:44
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$100 sort
3764 copper
6195 zinc
28 wheats (best a 17-s in G)
12 canadian
1 Indian - 1898
3764/10000 = 37.64%
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JSutter
Penny Pincher Member
214 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2008 : 21:30:16
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$100 sorted
$27.81 Copper
41 wheats
30 something Canadians |
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PennyProspector
Penny Pincher Member
USA
212 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2008 : 23:31:36
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10000 sorted
2,983 total copper (29.83)
35 wheat
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Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
4841 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2008 : 18:16:10
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| One more 15 pound Brinks box today. |
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JSutter
Penny Pincher Member
214 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2008 : 19:12:57
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$125 sorted [5 Brinks boxes]
S33.81 Copper
33 Wheat [oldest 1928] |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2008 : 19:16:22
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Originally posted by Ardent Listener
One more 15 pound Brinks box today.
I like your method of sorting.. very fast! I picked up one of these today also.. haven't weighed it yet.. but it felt good.
I may do some boxes in the conventional sort method later tonight. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2008 : 19:24:47
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Stopped at the bank to deposit my paycheck. They told me they had $25 in CWR if I wanted them. While he, that's right he, went to get the pennies I spied a 40% JFK in his coin tray. So I bought it. Some hate 40%, I love it all....I really need to re-sort so I can report. Been pulling the zincs to recycle....
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2008 : 19:45:23
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| At the current price of silver that half dollar is even better than an Indian! It is OK if I don't find another Indian for a while.. I worked out a deal to buy 700 of them this week from a guy at one of my coin clubs. Since I will be having so many I will send out one Free to the first person to claim it here. |
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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swusc
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
553 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2008 : 19:58:07
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Can I claim with a first post?
-SWUSC
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Originally posted by HoardCopperByTheTon
At the current price of silver that half dollar is even better than an Indian! It is OK if I don't find another Indian for a while.. I worked out a deal to buy 700 of them this week from a guy at one of my coin clubs. Since I will be having so many I will send out one Free to the first person to claim it here.
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mickeyman
Penny Pincher Member
Canada
243 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2008 : 21:23:42
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Ten rolls Canadian nickels
97 pure nickel - 24.3%
Pretty good, but it took an unusual turn. Three rolls turned out to be American. One roll (different paper) turned out to be pure nickel, only the second time that's ever happened. The type of roll was pretty unusual, but several did turn up at this bank over the past week, but none of those were unusual. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2008 : 21:41:38
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Originally posted by swusc
Can I claim with a first post?
-SWUSC
Yes you can.. Congratulations and welcome to the forum! How did you find the penny board?
See, it isn't hard to find an Indian.. you don't have to sort through 100,000 pennies.. sometimes there is just one laying around on the board waiting to be picked up. It just takes a sharp eye to pick up those Indians.
Please send me a PM with your snail mail address so I can ship your Indian cent out. |
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. |
Edited by - HoardCopperByTheTon on 03/06/2008 21:43:30 |
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PennyProspector
Penny Pincher Member
USA
212 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2008 : 22:04:56
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small sort tonight
4200 sorted
1286 total copper (30.6%)
24 wheat
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Happy Prospecting! |
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Epaphras
Penny Collector Member
USA
382 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2008 : 22:07:59
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Sorting report for today
Purchased 4 boxes. Only sorted through 2.
985 coppers=19.7%
Percentage up 2.75% from last sort
Average March percentage: 18.33% (goal % is 18%) |
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El Dee
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
547 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2008 : 08:59:03
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11 boxes - 27,500 coins (one box 99% 2007)
8,517 copper 30.97%
1) Venezuela 5 centimos |
Trust the government? Ask an Indian. |
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swusc
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
553 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2008 : 09:25:45
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I just read about copper pennies being worth more than a cent, so I was doing some research about sorting pennies quickly. I found this board in the process. I have been lurking for about a week, I guess. I have found a lot of wheats and completed most of my penny folder (post 1959) since sorting about $150, which I had when I was a kid.
Any quick way to tell the different between small dates and larger dates on the 1982s? Or, do I just have to eye ball the difference.
Thanks for the penny!!
-SWUSC |
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