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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2555 Posts |
 Posted - 03/20/2008 : 22:34:54
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I've hand sorted 15k coins and I still haven't found an indian head cent?
How long did it take you before you found one?
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Loophole29
Penny Sorter Member
78 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2008 : 22:39:20
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| I got my first after about 60,000. It's picked up since then, I've gotten 6 this year out of about 150,000. |
Sorting in Jersey |
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PennyProspector
Penny Pincher Member
USA
212 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2008 : 22:42:49
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Originally posted by Loophole29
I got my first after about 60,000. It's picked up since then, I've gotten 6 this year out of about 150,000.
WOW! Great Odds loophole!
I am averaging about one every 100,000 to 150,000 (I like your #'s better)
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Happy Prospecting! |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2008 : 22:46:16
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| Average reported here is about 100,000. I only got 9 last year out of about 6,000,000. Doing a little better this year. I have found 6 out of about 1 million. It can happen at any time though, so keep looking. |
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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Loophole29
Penny Sorter Member
78 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2008 : 22:49:48
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Originally posted by PennyProspector
WOW! Great Odds loophole!
I am averaging about one every 100,000 to 150,000 (I like your #'s better)
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And they've all come from this one small local bank, too. I wish I knew where they get their coins from. |
Sorting in Jersey |
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penniesmakemedizzy
Penny Pincher Member
USA
135 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2008 : 23:01:53
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I have not found one either  |
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2008 : 23:25:30
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| Zero so far out of 34,500 pennies searched. I pick up 5 more boxes tomorrow but not holding my breath. |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 03/21/2008 : 06:30:12
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Zero out of a lot....Still looking....
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Live free or die.
Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2555 Posts |
Posted - 03/21/2008 : 07:43:21
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thanks for the help!
I'm doing pretty well as for copper. The first $50 worth yielded about 40%. But since then, I'm getting between 20-30%.
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"99% of all lawyers give the rest of them a bad name"
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Crash
Penny Pincher Member
USA
155 Posts |
Posted - 03/21/2008 : 10:51:45
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| I'm still looking. I don't want to, but I'm pretty sure at the slow rate that I've been sorting, I'll just have to buy one. |
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lukeownzu
Penny Collector Member
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Posted - 03/21/2008 : 11:22:27
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| I got one after about 2k pennies :) |
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How long did it take you to get an Indian Head?
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