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 Posted - 03/06/2008 : 11:34:39
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I use several banks as source of my bricks. I find the brinks to be more zinc as opposed to the smaller banks. My advice is visit the smaller banks as opposed to the bOa and such. The return rate on a brick is still in the 20% range so I haven't had any preference yet.
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El Dee
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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Posted - 03/06/2008 : 11:34:42
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Originally posted by wolvesdad
But not sure it will work...I'm not going out and buying paint to do this.
Also...am I the only 'conspiracy theorist' of the group or has anyone else had any thoughts of how such 'tagging' could come back to bite us in the @ss ?
I don't know if I want 'shadow watchers' or "Brinks researchers" to be able to piggy back and use the data against us.... like cutting off our supply or drowning us with zincs or something.
Is that a danger? Should we have precautions?
Should we have a "Member"s only section on the forum? So only those who've posted so much can see it?
I don't know...just being overly cautious I'm sure.
Drowning us with zincs? Like the Mint has been doing since 1982 or so? Naa - I wouldn't lose sleep over the penny police. There's no interest in pennies, other than recovering copper.
You could lay all your zincs out on newspaper and spray paint them, I doubt anyone would ever see more than a few returned because there are so many. It'd be fun to try. I think I will with brown primer next time. |
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Ant
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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Posted - 03/10/2008 : 20:34:23
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I recently found this forum and have been lurking for a couple of weeks. I wanted to respond to this post, so I registered.
I was sorting some hand-rolled pennies from my credit union last week and found 10 zincs marked with sunshine yellow paint. It was the texture of kid's tempura paint, though I don't know if that would adhere to a coin. The funny thing was that they weren't all in the same roll . . . there were four or five rolls with just a couple of marked zincs in each one.
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Posted - 03/11/2008 : 05:23:53
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| i dumped off @1000 zinc pennies with "401" on the obverse. lets see where coinstar takes them. |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 03/11/2008 : 19:31:12
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| I just dumped 4 lb of marked zincs at Forum Credit Union in Indianapolis. They use Brinks. My mark is a green T on the obverse. I'll try to mark some of every batch I return. |
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lukeownzu
Penny Collector Member
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Posted - 03/12/2008 : 20:21:45
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Delawhere Jack
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 03/12/2008 : 21:41:05
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Just marked about 400 zincers which I will release tomorrow evening at a Commerce Bank in NC Co. DE. Red and black on the edge.
I got a short piece of scrap angle iron and set it on supports with one end elevated. Stacked the coins in the vee, as if they were wrapped. Put a piece of masking tape down the center of the coin stack and sprayed the exposed side. Waited 10 minutes for paint to dry, then moved tape to cover the already painted side, and hit the other side with a different color.
I know someone had posted suggestions for different colors for different regions, but red and black is what I had on hand. |
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty." Thomas Jefferson
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penniesmakemedizzy
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 03/12/2008 : 23:07:32
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| a few days ago i found a penny that had green paint on it ? |
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 03/19/2008 : 12:16:45
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| I think I will start using a sharpie to mark mine that way too.. much easier than engraving. |
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 - 03/22/2008 : 12:13:44
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I just dumped $10.00 of new 2008 pennies with a
star marked on the face. |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 04/19/2008 : 20:27:40
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Sorted 2 - $25 Brinks Boxes-Sealed
Dated 3/17/08
#'s on the boxes - 45 on one and 170 on the other
Found 3 of my marked pennies with a green T on them.
My dump credit union uses Brinks for coin pickup and my source credit union uses Brinks.
I picked the coins up on 3/17, less than a week after dumping them on 3/11.
I only dumped the 1 - 4 lb batch as it was too much work. It served it's purpose. |
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Saul Mine
Penny Collector Member
USA
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Posted - 04/20/2008 : 20:11:28
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You must be logged in to see this link.
Take a look at this page and you will see that absolutely nobody is going to try to trace pennies! Except us, and I don't think any of us will do much of it either. |
A penny sorted is a penny earned!
Please use tinyurl.com to post links. Long links make posts hard to read. |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 04/20/2008 : 20:27:31
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| As I said. I received 3 of my marked pennies in a Brinks Box less than a week after dumping them. I only marked 4 lb of pennies. |
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Anyone marking any of their zincs before dumping?
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