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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
 Posted - 02/23/2008 : 14:35:24
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Saturdays mornings are busy for me...lots of running around to banks. This morning I dumped $300 in zincs at one bank, then picked up 10 boxes from another bank, then dumped $150 at a different bank, and then for got measure I made a stop at an ATM.
The exciting news is that after making my first dump a teller stopped me as I was getting ready to leave. He said a lady had brought in some pennies and that when he opened the first roll into his till he noticed that it was all wheats! Knowing that I collect pennies, he offered to sell me all the pennies which was $7.00 rolled and a handful loose.
I thanked him profusely and couldn't wait to get home to see what is the rest of the rolls. Anyhow here are the approximate results:
430 wheats including 1909, 1933, 1919x2, 1919 S, 1910, 1914
a 1905 Indian (pitted with date only readable under magnification)
250 other coppers
50 zincs
1 dime
Nothing extremely valuable, but it still made my day.
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Crash
Penny Pincher Member
USA
155 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2008 : 15:58:07
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| Congrat's, Horgad! That's quite a haul. It's a reason to keep good relations with the tellers that we deal with. |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2008 : 16:28:18
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| That's why being honest about what you do to a point (you collect coins) is helpful. |
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misteroman
Administrator
USA
2565 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2008 : 21:38:40
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That is cool.I did have the teller put away a 64 kennedy a month or so until she seen me.Wouldn't evevn take the .50 for it either.
Derek |
Buying CU cents!!!! Paying 1.2 unlimited amounts wanted. Can pick up if near Ohio area. |
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TXTim
Penny Hoarding Member
629 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2008 : 22:51:48
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| Nice score!!!!!! |
Beer is my currency. |
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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2008 : 23:23:51
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That's awesome!  |
"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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wolvesdad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2008 : 23:46:06
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| day dreams.... all these stories will do for me is give me more day dreams. So far I did pull out 2 silver dimes from about $110 face of dimes I bought this past week. That was all from all of them. All CWRs. |
"May your percentages ever increase!" |
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misteroman
Administrator
USA
2565 Posts |
Posted - 02/24/2008 : 00:15:49
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One of my best ones was in Dec. I asked the head teller if she had gotten in anything weird lately.
Much to my surprise I would up leaving 10 mins later with 1,560 Ike Dollars.
Derek |
Buying CU cents!!!! Paying 1.2 unlimited amounts wanted. Can pick up if near Ohio area. |
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wolvesdad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - 02/24/2008 : 00:22:32
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| Wow, that is my problem.... I don't have that much cash.... I would die if ever I was offered $1000 in CWR where I found a significan percentage of silver or wheats... I would ask them to hold them for me, but just couldn't manage that much at one time. I have to sort my $200 of cents just to bring back the $150 to buy the next ones. |
"May your percentages ever increase!" |
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
Posted - 02/27/2008 : 07:36:36
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Originally posted by misteroman
One of my best ones was in Dec. I asked the head teller if she had gotten in anything weird lately.
Much to my surprise I would up leaving 10 mins later with 1,560 Ike Dollars.
Derek
Are common circulated Ikes worth keeping? I bought 44 the other day from a bank, but I don't know a thing about them except that if they have a S mint mark they are 40% silver and none of mine did. |
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El Dee
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
547 Posts |
Posted - 02/27/2008 : 09:02:43
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| Circulated? Probably not. I think at coin shows they'll get $1.10 or so for uncirculated. |
Trust the government? Ask an Indian. |
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 08:04:03
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Circulated? Probably not. I think at coin shows they'll get $1.10 or so for uncirculated.
That sounds about right. It's very much a niche market and it's not a very popular coin. I know some dealers and shops around here give them out as change just for the novelty of it but I dont think there is a huge collector's market for these right now. |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 08:28:05
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| Thanks for both the replies. I am going to go ahead and dump them then since none were silver and they are fairly beat up. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 10:33:26
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| If they aren't beat up there is a slight premium for them. The beat up ones are fun to spend or leave for tips. |
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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