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 Posted - 04/30/2008 : 08:49:20
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Do you guys seperate out the S marked pennies, I have been getting quite a few but they go in the bucket,majority are D marked but how come some aren't marked at all.Also am I polluting my bucket with 82's if I don't know what they are,thanks.
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swusc
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 04/30/2008 : 09:03:43
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Those are the source mint marks.
D is Denver
S is San Fran
P or none is Philly
S are rarer than the others because of lower mintage. I pull the S mint marks out. D and P goes together as none after 1959 are very hard to find.
-SWUSC |
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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Posted - 04/30/2008 : 18:19:06
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| you probably should keep your 1982's seperate to sort later. they usually run around 80% copper. best way to tell is by weighing them. |
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eharrison
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 05/01/2008 : 01:01:48
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| I sort out the S mint pennies. |
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That's why I voted
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jpf231
Penny Collector Member
USA
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Posted - 05/02/2008 : 10:45:57
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| I started setting aside 68S - 74S cents last night and will continue to do so from here on out. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
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Posted - 05/02/2008 : 11:04:44
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Bet I can get a bag before you do jpf!  |
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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jpf231
Penny Collector Member
USA
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Posted - 05/02/2008 : 11:31:10
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The scales are tilted in your favor just a tad Hoard - realistically, more than 2 to 1 as in your S mint yeild is 7% to my 3% here on the East Coast. I'd have to sort more than twice as many cents jut to keep up with you - no way I could compete.
Oh, and I should be more specific - I am setting aside the 68S through 74S cents that I happen to notice while cracking rolls and monitoring the copper bin under my Ryedale. I'm sure I miss most of them. I'm sure I miss some wheats as well, but not nearly as many. |
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LarryB
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Posted - 05/03/2008 : 08:56:22
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Hey ya CukNuck Dude, maybe you could also keep an eyeball peeled for Pre-68, S's too? I nabbed one the other evening out of an older wrapped role from a small town corner store. Most of that roll were from the 40's and fifties, and all from Canada, with the wheatie being the only US cent in there. Just a 44 but it was in nice condition and bore the S mint mark. :-)
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 05/03/2008 : 23:22:52
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| Is anyone here actively buying the 1968-1974 "S" mint mark cents? I havent been separating them but if there is market specifically for these, then maybe I should. |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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HoardCopperByTheTon
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Posted - 05/03/2008 : 23:46:01
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If you are hand sorting there is no reason not to keep them seperate.
Seperate them.. the market will develop.. |
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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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 05/03/2008 : 23:55:13
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If you are hand sorting there is no reason not to keep them seperate.
Seperate them.. the market will develop..
Lol I guess I should. I have no intention of going through what I have already sorted and boxed up so I guess I'll start with the next box tomorrow. |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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HoardCopperByTheTon
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Posted - 05/04/2008 : 00:01:06
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| Maybe I should put a bag up on eBay.. then everybody will be seperating them out.. 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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nckt
Penny Collector Member
USA
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Posted - 05/04/2008 : 00:04:03
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| how much would a bag of all copper S mint mark bag $50 face go for on ebay? |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
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Posted - 05/04/2008 : 00:06:35
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How much would a bag of regular copper cents go for on eBay?
Results vary widely. The first one will probably do very well. Then when the market gets flooded the week after.. they won't be going so high. |
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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nckt
Penny Collector Member
USA
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Posted - 05/04/2008 : 00:08:01
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| humm i might try putting together a bag of all copper S mint mark $50 face bag. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
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Posted - 05/04/2008 : 00:18:19
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| Shouldn't take too long. In your area with a 20% copper percentage and 7% of those being S mints you would only have to sort $3250 face to put it together. Heck, that's only 130 boxes. You are still hand sorting aren't you? |
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 05/04/2008 00:19:00 |
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moboman
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Posted - 05/04/2008 : 00:34:39
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| HCBT will be up to 130 boxes/hr by the end of the month, or so I'm told. :P |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
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Posted - 05/04/2008 : 00:37:41
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| Yeah, but until my buddy finishes developing the optical sorter I ain't gonna sort through those coppers by hand to find the 7% that are S mints. nckt and I are lucky.. the percentage is a lot lower for you other guys. |
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
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Posted - 05/04/2008 : 00:47:36
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| You could always outsource to india to do it :D. |
"99% of all lawyers give the rest of them a bad name"
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HoardCopperByTheTon
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Posted - 05/04/2008 : 00:51:51
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| I would, but the government passed a law making it illegal for me to ship my copper cents over there. |
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
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Posted - 05/04/2008 : 00:56:25
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| i thought not for numismatic purposes. If they send the same amount that you send them, just they are sorted, wouldnt that count? |
"99% of all lawyers give the rest of them a bad name"
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HoardCopperByTheTon
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Posted - 05/04/2008 : 00:58:38
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| The government would worry that they might forget to send them back. They might accidently fall in the melting pot. India is a known user of copper. |
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
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Posted - 05/04/2008 : 01:04:50
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| I wonder if you put them all in your checked bags and you flew over. I guess the weight, they'd get checked by the boys in blue? |
"99% of all lawyers give the rest of them a bad name"
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HoardCopperByTheTon
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Posted - 05/04/2008 : 01:15:04
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| Oh yeah.. I always pack cash in my checked bags when flying overseas.. LOL. And there is that nasty weight limit on the bags now.. the overage fees would kill you. |
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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nckt
Penny Collector Member
USA
304 Posts |
Posted - 05/04/2008 : 09:56:32
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| yep i still hand sort, wont be to hard to get a bag of S's. |
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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Posted - 05/04/2008 : 21:52:16
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| just for those of who who like numbers from a handsorter - my last 224000 pennies sorted has netted me 906 s mints. |
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson
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