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JSutter
Penny Pincher Member
214 Posts |
 Posted - 03/17/2008 : 20:08:39
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Got the $300 in Brinks boxes sorted. all weighed 14.5-15lbs.
Dates and Brinks employees
3 from Alice Feb 28 08
3 from Dudley March 5th 08
2 from Marrio March 6th 08
1 from Marrio undated
3 from Eddie March 10th 08
$83.96 in CU [27.986%]
5 dimes
Every Brinks box I'm getting in this area is between 24-30% CU, no duds yet, even on the boxes packaged as recently as last Monday. Still a lot of wheats and dimes in them too.
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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2008 : 21:09:44
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| I've had good luck with the Alice and Eddie boxes. |
"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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aboxaweek
Penny Collector Member
USA
326 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2008 : 21:11:09
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just finished my forth box tonight.
$25.00 pennies
849 coppers 33.96%
1627 zincers65.08%
11 canada.44%
13 wheat .52%
I'd say these are pretty good percentages . Took about an hour 10 min., and filled a couple coins i was missing.
ins. by #4940 cwi#84 Feb. 26 08 |
*HUCKABEE*
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2008 : 21:12:31
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| I guess those Brinks guys and gals that pack mine are so ashamed of what they are giving me that they won't put their name on the box. Are you guys going to start cutting off the flaps and using them as trading cards? |
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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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2008 : 21:32:00
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Mine don't have names on them either.
Sorted 2 - $25 Brinks Boxes-Sealed
Dated 3/4/08
Box Weight - 15.0 lb/each
1462 Copper-Including Wheats 29.2 %
5 Canadian CU
8 Canadian Other
57 Wheats 1927 & 1930 D Oldest
0 Indian Head
1 Dimes |
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PennyProspector
Penny Pincher Member
USA
212 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2008 : 22:58:03
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tonight sort...
10,000 sorted
3,449 total copper (34.49%!)
50 wheat (of them, 30 where 1949 S... comon date but not that comon.... I suspect I got only part of a persons dated roll or... my eyes are getting worse at finding the wheats and I missed 20 of them!)
either way 34.49% is a good night.
PP |
Happy Prospecting! |
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El Dee
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
547 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2008 : 23:38:59
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10 boxes - 25,000 coins
8,066 coppers - 32.26%
Of this:
96 Canadian Cu
104 wheats |
Trust the government? Ask an Indian. |
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lilyrdape
Penny Pincher Member
USA
152 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2008 : 00:04:30
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25$ sorted
651 Cu
24 canadian
7 wheat
1 dime
1817 zinc |
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Epaphras
Penny Collector Member
USA
382 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2008 : 13:51:37
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Sorted the $126.50 I got yesterday
2310 coppers=18.26%
1 dime (yay)
down .10% from last sort |
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Miser-stro
Penny Sorter Member
74 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2008 : 14:11:47
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| Yesterday I found a Silver 1945 War Nickel in a roll of cents!! ....and yes, the roll was bulging. |
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Epaphras
Penny Collector Member
USA
382 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2008 : 15:58:01
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I had to get another 'fix,' so I went around and asked for customer rolled pennies. Only got $20, but that will do.
380 coppers=19%
1 1918 penny (common, but good to get)
up .74% from last sort.
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 03/18/2008 : 22:15:03
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Last box of pennies from Friday's pickup completed tonight:
2500 searched
866 1959-1982 Cu 34.6%
8 Wheat cents
7 Canadian cents
Running totals:
29500 searched
10452 1959-82 Cu 35.4%
148 Wheat cents
100 Canadian cents
1 Bahamas cent |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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139 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2008 : 12:52:23
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been getting a few bahamas cents lately.
ill save em up and go on vacation!!! |
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2008 : 14:46:57
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latest $100 sort
3164 copper
6794 zinc
20 wheats
20 canadians
1 bahamas cent 1992
1 plastic penny
3164/10000 = 31.64%
and the bad news... got 1 2008-d cent. about 6 weeks earlier than usual. i can handle 1 per 10000. no more though. **knocks on wood** |
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson
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Epaphras
Penny Collector Member
USA
382 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2008 : 15:13:49
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Picked up 8 boxes today. A co-worker also gave me a bag of about 300 cents (I gave him 3.00 to be fair). I only sorted 6 boxes, however.
2832 copper=18.88%
1 plastic penny
1 bermuda cent
down .22% from last sort. |
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JSutter
Penny Pincher Member
214 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2008 : 18:45:48
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I've had good luck with the Alice and Eddie boxes.
Whereabouts are you at? I'm in Louisville, KY.
The reason I've been using the names and dates is to try to see if there's a big difference in sorts on the same day by 2 different employees [likely using two different machines] and to see if anyone else gets the same names and what city their in to see how wide the distribution from that Brinks location is. Also if anyone pulls any dud boxes if you've got the name and date that might be helpful to others.
I've gotten several Bahamas pennies and 3 Cincinatti transit tokens in my Brinks boxes lately.
Here are the totals for todays sort of $200.00
Overall 5424/20000 27.12%
PNC handwrapped rolls 272/1000 27.2%
Chase handwrapped rolls 348/1500 23.2%
Brinks - Alice March 3rd 1335/5000 24.7%
Brinks - Dudley March 5th 2234/7500 29.8%
Brinks - Barry March 13th 1335/5000 26.7%
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PennyProspector
Penny Pincher Member
USA
212 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2008 : 22:08:45
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tonight sort
19000 sorted
5,516 total copper (29%)
44 wheat |
Happy Prospecting! |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2008 : 22:51:36
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Sorted 2 - $25 Brinks Boxes-Sealed
Dated 3/4/08
Box Weight - 15.0 lb/each
1397 Copper-Including Wheats 27.9 %
11 Canadian CU
6 Canadian Other
47 Wheats 1926 & 1928 Oldest
0 Indian Head
0 Dimes |
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c140cessna
Penny Collector Member
USA
419 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2008 : 02:35:29
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Sort Report: Wednesday 3-19-08
US Copper:
Amount Sorted = $1450 FV (58 "boxes")
Copper Hoarded = $425 FV (11.5 "boxes")
Added to Hoard = 287 lbs
Copper % = 29.3% (typical for SE Michigan is 29%)
Composition: 100% Credit Union Customer Turn In
US Cu = 5233 lbs
Canadian Cu = 2650 lbs
Total Cu = 7883 lbs
Ryedale Machine(s) Total Count: 6,247,000 since Mar 2007.
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139 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2008 : 07:38:26
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sorted a box got usual %30+
but unusually...got 6 wheat pennies all in the teens and 5 from the 30's.
but got none from the 40's or 50's |
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Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
4841 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2008 : 10:52:12
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| I bought two boxes today. One 15 pounds the other 17! |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2008 : 17:16:31
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Wow 17 lbs!!!!Heavy one indeed.
Picked up six Brinks boxes....No duds....
Deal |
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Mike
Penny Sorter Member
USA
65 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2008 : 17:48:53
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For the past six or seven weeks I've been buying $10 of nickels and $10 of pennies each week at the bank. The nickels go into the hoard, and I manually sort the pennies. Last week I averaged about 20% copper, and found one 1919S penny, one WWII steel penny, and three Canadian copper pennies.
At the bank this morning the lady behind the counter had to open a new $25 box of pennies to get my $10. She did this on top of the counter, so I could see one end of each of the rolls in the box. All shiney and new. Sure enough, when I got my 20 rolls home, they were all brand new 2008 zinc slugs. Better luck next week. |
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2008 : 18:02:19
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Sorted through 2 boxes today of pennies and it was down compared to usual for copper percentage and number of wheat cents. Hopefully tomorrow's pickup of 5 boxes will be a little better.
5000 searched
1526 1959-82 Cu 30.52%
17 Wheat cents
16 Canadian cents
Running totals...
34500 Searched
11978 1959-82 Cu 34.72%
165 Wheat cents
116 Canadian cents
1 Bahamas cent |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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knibloe
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1066 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2008 : 18:08:56
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I am hand sorting myfirst "large batch" of $115 in CWR this week and will post my results.
I told my mom about my new hobby and she said I should come get my grandpa pennies. She didn't have to tell me twice. He had a cigar box of $20 face value in pennies that he put away in 1982 (probably due to the composition change) and he had put away 400 wheat pennies in 1960 (the tin was marked. The wheats are cool. The oldest is 1920 and many of them still have some mint luster to them. |
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