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HoardCopperByTheTon
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USA
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Posted - 04/23/2008 : 13:02:50
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Welcome to the forum Jeremy. What part of the country are you from?
The next batch should be better. Try to get some from a different bank for variety. |
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 - 04/23/2008 : 17:22:09
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Six Brinks boxes (bank order  )
#1 -16.75 pounds
#2 -16.25 pounds
#3 -16.50 pounds
#4 -16.75 pounds
#5 -16.25 pounds
#6 -16.50 pounds
I got a box from the same teller (a male) a while back that was close to 17 pounds. He is my lucky teller. |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 04/23/2008 : 20:24:42
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Sorted 2 - $25 Brinks Boxes-Sealed
Dated 3/17/08
Box Weight - 14.45 lb/each
1571 Copper-Including Wheats 31.4 %
13 Canadian CU
8 Canadian Other
0 Other Foreign
17 Wheats Oldest - 1918
0 Indian Head
2 Dimes
Marked Coins - 1996 Zinc Penny painted white on the back |
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Epaphras
Penny Collector Member
USA
382 Posts |
Posted - 04/23/2008 : 20:44:26
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Sorted 5000 1982's
968 zinc 82's=19.36% |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
 Posted - 04/23/2008 : 20:57:48
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quote:
Originally posted by Ardent Listener
Six Brinks boxes (bank order )
#1 -16.75 pounds
#2 -16.25 pounds
#3 -16.50 pounds
#4 -16.75 pounds
#5 -16.25 pounds
#6 -16.50 pounds
I got a box from the same teller (a male) a while back that was close to 17 pounds. He is my lucky teller.
And here I thought you only did drive-bys. Those are some hefty boxes.. I want some pennies from your bank.  |
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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eharrison
Penny Pincher Member
USA
234 Posts |
Posted - 04/23/2008 : 22:23:17
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sorting #s from the past week
2500 (box) main Credit Union
0474 copper 18.96%
0003 wheat including a 1923! my oldest yet, I was very happy
0004 Candaian
$3 from work
51 copper 17%
1 1978 canadian
2500 (box) from main Credit Union
0533 copper 21.32% up about 3% from usual
0006 wheat including a 1929,and 1930 (second and third oldest)
0000 canadian ....that is a first
$5 from RBC (CWR)
18.6% |
Freedom is popular
That's why I voted
Ron Paul! |
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topeka
Penny Pincher Member
160 Posts |
Posted - 04/23/2008 : 22:25:59
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5000 sorted
23.6% copper
13 wheats |
Silver..poor mans gold
Copper..peasant silver |
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PennyProspector
Penny Pincher Member
USA
212 Posts |
Posted - 04/24/2008 : 01:06:17
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15000 sorted
6557 total copper (43.71%!!!)
22 wheat
1 dime |
Happy Prospecting! |
Edited by - PennyProspector on 04/24/2008 01:07:35 |
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Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
4841 Posts |
Posted - 04/24/2008 : 16:30:46
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| One box drive buy today. Back to 15 pounds. |
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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
Posted - 04/24/2008 : 19:14:10
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$25 Brinks-wrapped:
18.8% copper
14 wheats
2 ugly dimes |
"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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topeka
Penny Pincher Member
160 Posts |
Posted - 04/24/2008 : 22:01:49
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5000 SORTED
24.16% copper
9 wheats |
Silver..poor mans gold
Copper..peasant silver |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 04/24/2008 : 22:20:02
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Sorted 2 - $25 Brinks Boxes-Sealed
Dated 3/20/08
Box Weight - 14.45 lb & 14.25 lb
1224 Copper-Including Wheats 24.5 %
5 Canadian CU
1 Canadian Other
0 Other Foreign
16 Wheats Oldest - 1926
0 Indian Head
1 Dimes
Found an of center planchet Zinc 200?
It's 75% off center at 3:00 |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 04/24/2008 : 23:51:21
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That is a great find Tourney! Glad to see you are counting your wheats as copper now.
Managed to get a few rolls on a driveby at lunch time today. Originally was just going to tap the ATM for lunch money, but there were hardly any cars in the parking lot so I went in.
95 CWR pennies
Scored 100 CWR pennies from the same bank earlier this week. |
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 04/24/2008 23:52:42 |
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simplicitycounts
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
535 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2008 : 02:11:09
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| Northern Minnesota I average 14 copper memorial cents per roll or 28%. I also average 1 copper canadian per roll, and 1 wheat cent per 5 rolls not included in the 28%. |
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Posted - 04/25/2008 : 11:24:16
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quote:
Originally posted by HoardCopperByTheTon
Welcome to the forum Jeremy. What part of the country are you from?
The next batch should be better. Try to get some from a different bank for variety.
Thanks! I'm from Texas. I'll try to change it up so I can get a feel on which banks are better. |
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2008 : 19:09:26
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Finished up two boxes today...
1410 1959-82 Cu cents
18 Wheat cents
12 Canadian cents
Not only was this my lowest Cu percentage so far, but then I found out my coin counter is off so I may have to go back and recount (with a different machine) the coins I have stashed away. Ugh |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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Delawhere Jack
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1680 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2008 : 19:46:55
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1450 boss's daughter-rolled from piggy bank and tips from ice cream shop.
347 cu
5 wheats
2 canadian
7 darn dimes.....
24.4% (not corrected for DD's)
Should I give the dimes back?
BTW, back to hand sorting, as my comparitor attempts have proven fruitless. Those of you saying that you can sort a $25 box in an hour, I'd REALLY like to see that! Either I'm too cautious, or you folks are missing a lot of copper. All that shines is not zinc. |
"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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Delawhere Jack
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1680 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2008 : 19:50:55
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quote:
Originally posted by Ardent Listener
Six Brinks boxes (bank order )
#1 -16.75 pounds
#2 -16.25 pounds
#3 -16.50 pounds
#4 -16.75 pounds
#5 -16.25 pounds
#6 -16.50 pounds
I got a box from the same teller (a male) a while back that was close to 17 pounds. He is my lucky teller.
As I was going though checkout at the supermarket this past week, I noticed that the cashier had a pretty healthy "muffin top". I watched to be sure that she wasn't putting it on the scale as she weighed my produce/fruit.
Ardent, ...got muffin top (on your scale)? |
"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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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2555 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2008 : 19:56:50
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Sorted Thursday night 4/24/08
3 vault bags, 1 brinks box, and my pocket change
(These numbers are from the ryedale counters)
sorted:17597
copper:6192 (35.23%)
steel:1
dimes:6
Sorted friday night:
1 brinks box
(ryedale counters)
sorted: 2545 <-- ryedale counter is off?
Zinc: 1875 <--counted by glory counter
Copper:671 <-- Ryedale's counter
I wish I would have ran the copper through the glory. |
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1964 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2008 : 20:40:00
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quote:
Originally posted by Delawhere Jack
quote:
Originally posted by Ardent Listener
Six Brinks boxes (bank order )
#1 -16.75 pounds
#2 -16.25 pounds
#3 -16.50 pounds
#4 -16.75 pounds
#5 -16.25 pounds
#6 -16.50 pounds
I got a box from the same teller (a male) a while back that was close to 17 pounds. He is my lucky teller.
As I was going though checkout at the supermarket this past week, I noticed that the cashier had a pretty healthy "muffin top". I watched to be sure that she wasn't putting it on the scale as she weighed my produce/fruit.
Ardent, ...got muffin top (on your scale)?
It took me a few moments to figure out what you were talking about...
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Posted - 04/25/2008 : 21:09:57
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i did my last brinks box in @45-50 minutes
the paper roll boxes...@60-70 minutes because you have to push the coins out of each side of the broken roll as with the brinks you just bend and they fall out.
so in 45-50 minutes ive got three piles...zinc,copper,and wheat-canadian-oddball. |
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eharrison
Penny Pincher Member
USA
234 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2008 : 23:28:48
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Originally posted by Delawhere Jack
I watched to be sure that she wasn't putting it on the scale as she weighed my produce/fruit.
A friend of mine was a grocery store cashier, he said that "annoying customers" with produce would always pay for their attitude. (he would press his thumb on the scale and add about 20% to the weight of the item.)
Beware of the muffin top! |
Freedom is popular
That's why I voted
Ron Paul! |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2008 : 23:37:50
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| moboman.. no need to run the copper through the Glory counter. You had 625 coppers from that Brinks box. Exactly 25% .. not a bad percentage. |
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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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2555 Posts |
Posted - 04/26/2008 : 00:19:25
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| thanks HCBT, I assume brinks rolls are always the right size? |
"99% of all lawyers give the rest of them a bad name"
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eharrison
Penny Pincher Member
USA
234 Posts |
Posted - 04/26/2008 : 02:50:52
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$25 in drive bys today
sorted $15 CWR (sorting $10 in NF String right now)
280 copper 18.6% not including wheats
2 wheats
0 canadian
0 dimes
Just finished $10 from NF string
222 Copper 22.2% (up a % or 2)
1-wheat '41
1-canadian '95
0-dimes |
Freedom is popular
That's why I voted
Ron Paul! |
Edited by - eharrison on 04/26/2008 03:29:00 |
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