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Robarons
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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 Posted - 04/04/2008 : 16:00:40
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Earlier this week I got a 1891 Indian from a $25 paper roll penny box. That alone was amazing within itself.
But today I received my $100 order from from my local Credit Union and on the 3rd box I get a 1917,1929,1916-D, and a 1914-S (Worth $10 and which I thought it was a Denver).
BUT not even halfway through this box and I get a 1864 Indian Penny!!!
I checked it out and its a regular version (theres 3 kinds) and is worth $6. Thats 2 Indians in 3 Days!
So I have found 3 Indians since I started in Sept. going through about $100 a week. Who knows what may be in the other half of the box.
Just very excited, cheers!
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NDFARMER
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1197 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2008 : 16:07:07
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| Congrats on finding the Native American pennies (just trying to be politically correct). Since the first of year I have been through over 800,000 pennies and I have only found one. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2008 : 16:22:26
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Congrats! That ties my oldest found. I found an 1864 lat year. I think the PC term is Feathered Liberty.. but nobody calls them that.
The average is about 1 per 100,000 coins sorted.. but experience varies widely. |
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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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1021 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2008 : 16:44:01
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Thats 2 Indians in 3 Days!
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That just makes me sick, as after about a year of this I still have not found the elusive Feathered Liberty in circulation. But, congratulations on your finds. It must be very exciting. |
"Rich," the Old Man said dreamily, "is not baying after what you can't have. Rich is having the time to do what you want to do. Rich is a little whiskey to drink and some food to eat and a roof over your head and a fish pole and a boat and a gun and a dollar for a box of shells. Rich is not owing any money to anybody, and not spending what you haven't got." Robert Ruark
there are too wild Indians...
there are too wild Indians...
there are too wild Indians...-----still taunted
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2008 : 19:22:05
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At least someone is having good luck....Sure not me. Congrats man.
Deal |
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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TXTim
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 04/04/2008 : 22:52:31
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Way above average!!!
Nice score! |
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 04/04/2008 : 23:50:51
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| Wow that's some pretty cool finds there...congrats. I have gone through 54500 cents and my oldest find is a 1911 Wheat cent. I have a box sitting here waiting for me to go through it so that's on my to do list this weekend. The last box was kind of week, so we'll see if this one is better. |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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Art Tatum
Penny Collector Member
USA
400 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2008 : 12:47:21
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| that is amazing! I have yet to find one Indian head penny in anything. I have purchased maybe $60k in pennies in the past 18 months as well! |
my machine is running! |
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Robarons
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
522 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2008 : 16:53:45
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Thanks for the responses. It goes to show that there is still some treasures to be found in thoses boxes you order.
The other half of the box yielded 7 common wheats and a 1919-S. But still it was a good time and a amazing run with luck. It seems like if your a hand sorter you find these goodies easier.
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
 Posted - 04/05/2008 : 19:07:39
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Originally posted by Art Tatum
that is amazing! I have yet to find one Indian head penny in anything. I have purchased maybe $60k in pennies in the past 18 months as well!
That doesn't give me much hope....
Deal |
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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WilliamC
Penny Collector Member
USA
471 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2008 : 20:17:29
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Great find on the two in a single order Robarons, that must have come from someone's old penny stash.
$60K in pennies in a year-and-a-half?
Wow. Just wow.
How much copper have you saved by now Art?
I'm not quite at 400 lbs yet, but I'm steady working towards my first ton.
No Indian Heads yet, although I just started today doing a resort of my zinc rejects (using a zinc standard) from the first sort using a copper standard.
Maybe I'll start getting lucky?
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