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topeka
Penny Pincher Member
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 Posted - 03/25/2008 : 23:24:21
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Hello Group,
My family and I finished our first box! My kids think it is a treasure hunt and are begging to do more (I hope they feel this way in a few months......).
2500 sorted /27.0% copper |
Silver..poor mans gold
Copper..peasant silver |
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 03/25/2008 : 23:31:19
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| Congrats Topeka...it's a sick and twisted hobby huh? :) I remember doing my first boxes of halves. I only pulled 3 40% silver halves out of $1000 worth, so I switched over to pennies. Now I still get excited when I find a wheat, but still hoping to pull that first Indian Cent. I think it can be more fun for the kids if you have each one fill up folders (assuming you have the patience to deal with that). |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2008 : 02:10:42
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Coin Buying Report for Today:
1 Roll Shiny P mint Monroe Dollars
1 Roll Shiny P mint Madison Dollars
6 Rolls Shiny P mint Oklahoma Quarters
5 BWR nickels
8 BWR pennies
1 Silver Eagle
1 Silver Mexican Libertad
50 Mercury dimes
25 wheat cents - I know misteroman is going to ask how much I paid.. 25 cents - 1 cent each
120 Canadian Dimes
87 Canadian Nickels
243 Canadian Pennies - including several Kings
1 Japenese Invasion Dollar |
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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Epaphras
Penny Collector Member
USA
382 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2008 : 16:15:19
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Purchased 12 boxes of cents today
Sorted $100 worth today
2087 coppers=20.87%
included were more than the average amount of wheats
1933 wheat
1912 wheat
up 2.87% from last sort |
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Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
4841 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2008 : 18:22:04
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| One Brinks box already opened all in plastic rolls..........15.25 pounds. |
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Epaphras
Penny Collector Member
USA
382 Posts |
 Posted - 03/26/2008 : 21:27:21
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Well, I decided to sort through 4 more boxes. None of you have ever gotten that urge to sort more, have you?
Another 100 sorted
1965 copper=19.65%
still a good number of wheats
down 1.22% from last sort
Oh yeah, I found my first indian head penny 1907 in G
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El Dee
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
547 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2008 : 00:06:14
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10 Boxes - 25,000 coins
7,874 coppers 31.5%
Of this:
107 Canadian CU
81 wheats
Goodies:
Panama centesimo
Euro 2 cent (Spain)
Bermuda cent (coolest cent ever - QE II on the front, wild boar on the back)
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Trust the government? Ask an Indian. |
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MormonMetal
Penny Pincher Member
USA
150 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2008 : 01:03:03
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my biggest batch yet
$650.00 sorted
customer wrapped rolls & counter bags
source- northern MI
13,221 copper
20.34 percent copper
176 wheats
1,619 82's
1,468 Canada
44 dimes
1 Cayman Islands
1 Mexico
and a first for me 1 Tums, never found an antiacid before
More than I had before.
-MormonMetal |
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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2008 : 01:04:43
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Goodies:
Panama centesimo
Euro 2 cent (Spain)
Bermuda cent (coolest cent ever - QE II on the front, wild boar on the back)
Neat finds. I'm always finding the Panama centesimo coins, and the Bermuda cent is one of my favorites. |
"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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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2008 : 01:45:29
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No sorting and no coin putchases for me today. I am just about to leave work after a long 15 hour day. But you know what? It was still a great day. I got to enjoy sorting vicariously by reading about Epaphras finding his first Indian Penny and MormonMetal setting a new personal sort record as well as getting a much higher percentage than he usually does. Definately "more than he had before."
Thanks guys for sharing and making my day a whole lot brighter. |
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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misteroman
Administrator
USA
2565 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2008 : 01:49:49
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Hoard, how much for the wheats?awww ya beat me to it LOL.Where did you buy such an wide array of different coins?
Did you save the Tums mormon? separate pile maybe?
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Buying CU cents!!!! Paying 1.2 unlimited amounts wanted. Can pick up if near Ohio area. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2008 : 01:51:44
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| misteroman.. I got them at one of my coin clubs. I try to go to at least one coin club meeting a week.. regardless of what I hear at home.. LOL. |
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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Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
4841 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2008 : 19:04:21
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| One more drive buy today - one unopened Brinks box - 15 pounds. |
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Think positive. |
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2008 : 22:38:06
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2 boxes finished over the last 2 days:
5000 searched
1592 1959-82 Cu 31.84%
41 Wheat cents (including 5 in one roll alone - my best so far)
13 Canadian cents
1 1998 Wide America cent
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My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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c140cessna
Penny Collector Member
USA
419 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2008 : 01:10:03
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Sort Report: Thursday 3-27-08
FOUND SOME LOW MINTAGE WHEATS IN THE SORT:
1931D = 4.5M Mintage!
1932D = 10.5M Mintage.
US Copper:
Amount Sorted = $750 FV (30 "boxes")
Copper Hoarded = $222 FV (4.9 "boxes")
Added to Hoard = 150 lbs
Copper % = 29.6% (typical for SE Michigan is 29%)
Composition: 100% Credit CWR/loose
US Cu = 5646 lbs
Canadian Cu = 2660 lbs
Total Cu = 8306 lbs
Rydale Machine(s) total coin count since March 2007 = 6.402 Million |
Edited by - c140cessna on 03/28/2008 08:25:05 |
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cyberdan
Penny Collector Member
USA
289 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2008 : 11:33:11
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Spent an hour & quarter on my ryedale & counter last night, ran through $200.
got $38 in copper (19% that is a half percent better than normal)
Got it down to a science now. I start sorting by ryedale and after I get about half a box of zincs (I use old half dollar brinks boxes) I pour that in my coin counter.
Now I have both machines working at the same time: sort/count/bag in one operation. I literally saved at least an hour, because before they were seperate operations. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2008 : 14:18:42
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| That is the way I do it too Dan. Except I usually have have 3 machines running simultaneously.. the Ryedale, one of the Glory counters bagging up zinc and one of the Glory Rolling machines chunking out rolls. While all these machines are whirring and clanking I am also manually checking my zinc rejects before dumping them in the counting machine to make sure I don't accidently miss any Indians or old wheats. |
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 03/28/2008 14:19:26 |
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Saul Mine
Penny Collector Member
USA
343 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2008 : 16:17:43
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My first batch with the new Ryedale machine:
5,000 coins
873 coppers - 17.46%
1 dime
2 tokens
I saw a couple of wheaties, but since I intend to sell "unsearched" batches I left them where I saw them. |
A penny sorted is a penny earned!
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2008 : 16:45:48
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That is the way I do it too Dan. Except I usually have have 3 machines running simultaneously.. the Ryedale, one of the Glory counters bagging up zinc and one of the Glory Rolling machines chunking out rolls. While all these machines are whirring and clanking I am also manually checking my zinc rejects before dumping them in the counting machine to make sure I don't accidently miss any Indians or old wheats.
Question for ya...how would the Ryedale put an old wheat or Indian into the zinc pile? I was under the impression (was told I should say) that the machine looks at the magnetic signature of the coin and kicks it out to the proper area. Since Indians and wheats should be the same as 1959-81 copper, I dont understand how these are getting into the wrong pile. So I guess my question is how does the Ryedale sort? Does it compare the magnetic signature or does it go by weight or possibly thickness? It just doesnt follow to me that it would miss these if it's looking at magnetic signature. |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2008 : 16:58:52
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The older wheats and Indians have a tiny bit of tin in the composition so they are rejected because they do not exactly match the normal copper cent. The numbers are not large and would be considered by many to be an acceptable loss rate. Some of us are collectors though and especially like to get these older ones. People have tried various ways to do this. Some resort the zinc, Some start with a zinc standard and then further refining the copper side or just tossing the copper mix aside for later sorting. The way that I do it works best for me. I do a copper keep sort. Then do a quick check of the zinc rejects for any old wheats or Indians that may have gotten rejected. I can actually do this manual sift of the rejects faster than I could rerun them through a machine.
Saul Mine.. what, you aren't making enough retipping shoelaces.. you are going to start selling copper now? Congrats on the new machine. |
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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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2008 : 17:39:38
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My girlfriend's mom gave me her penny jar to sort. I keep the coppers and return the zincs to her, no problem. Newest penny I could find was 2000.
3915 total pennies
1878 Cu
48% Best for me in a while.
Deal
p.s. If I would just start sorting MY boxes.... |
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Plain and simple.
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- Samuel Adams |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 03/29/2008 : 17:06:48
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Sorted 2 - $25 CWI boxes (delivered by Brinks) Sealed
Dated 2/5/08
CWI #61 - Inspected by #5053
Box Weight - unknown - forgot to weigh
1518 Copper-Including Wheats 30.4 %
4 Canadian CU
4 Canadian Other
24 Wheats Oldest - 1935
0 Indian Head
0 Dimes |
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 03/29/2008 : 21:00:00
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| No coppers sorted today (taking a short break until Wednesday) but picked up 6 silver dimes and one silver dollar to add to the silver portion of the hoard. |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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misteroman
Administrator
USA
2565 Posts |
Posted - 03/29/2008 : 23:11:10
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| The last 4 boxes I opened(just dumped them into a 5gal pail) looked very bad.Many 07's and 08's and might even get luck to hit 20%.2 boxes where brinks and 2 Shotguns.If that keeps up I'll go down to 4 boxes a week and concentrate on buying them |
Buying CU cents!!!! Paying 1.2 unlimited amounts wanted. Can pick up if near Ohio area. |
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c140cessna
Penny Collector Member
USA
419 Posts |
Posted - 03/30/2008 : 02:25:05
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Sort Report: Sat 3-29-08 (Canadian Copper Sort)
Canadian Copper:
Amount Sorted = $970 FV (38.8 "boxes")
Copper Hoarded = $353 FV (14.1 "boxes")
Added to Hoard = 215 lbs
Copper % = 36.4% (well under 45-50% just 1 year ago...)
US Cu = 5646 lbs
Canadian Cu = 2875 lbs
Total Cu = 8521 lbs
Ryedale Machine(s) Total Count: 6,500,000 since Mar 2007.
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