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coppernicus
Penny Collector Member
USA
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 Posted - 05/06/2008 : 17:51:37
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Stopped by the credit union today and picked up 3 bags ($150 face)of rolled pennies. I spotted a few of the solid red wrapped rolls. Sure enough they were 99+% copper. I love to see those old solid red rolls. Usually great percentages.
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 05/06/2008 : 18:00:01
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Originally posted by coppernicus
Stopped by the credit union today and picked up 3 bags ($150 face)of rolled pennies. I spotted a few of the solid red wrapped rolls. Sure enough they were 99+% copper. I love to see those old solid red rolls. Usually great percentages.
Nice find.
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 05/06/2008 : 19:05:18
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*wraps rolls of zincs by hand in those old solid red papers just for fun!*  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2555 Posts |
Posted - 05/06/2008 : 19:16:06
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| I have never found that great of percentages in those old red rolls :(. |
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WilliamC
Penny Collector Member
USA
471 Posts |
Posted - 05/06/2008 : 19:21:15
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I guess the solid red wrappers are discontinued?
And on a completely different subject, I managed to score $200 in loose pennies today from a drive buy. The teller was happy to get rid of them and not have to put them through the rolling machine.
It's strange how some banks are more than happy to part with their excess pennies and others act like you are trying to rob them if you aren't a customer and ask for them.
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knibloe
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1066 Posts |
Posted - 05/06/2008 : 21:50:20
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| I got $20 in old red rolls last week. 100% |
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hector6man
Penny Pincher Member
USA
129 Posts |
Posted - 05/06/2008 : 22:04:25
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| Wow, I wrote about that 2 weeks ago. What is the red rolls about and why are they all coppers? |
"Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses." -George Washington
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Saul Mine
Penny Collector Member
USA
343 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2008 : 03:58:17
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| I get lots of red rolls. They are no different from any others. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2008 : 06:18:04
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I have found that "crispy" rolls usually yield better results.
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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Posted - 05/07/2008 : 18:56:38
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are these the old rolls you guys are talking about? |
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coppernicus
Penny Collector Member
USA
383 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2008 : 20:02:24
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| Yeah that is the type. 25 years ago the majority of wrappers were solid red. There are some new red wrappers but most new wrappers today just have stripes on them |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2008 : 20:22:19
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| I got some of those last night. They were almost all solid wheat cents.. mostly S mints, including the ones in the 20's and 30's. There were even 7 steel cents in them.. and 5 of those were S mints! |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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coppernicus
Penny Collector Member
USA
383 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2008 : 21:03:53
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| Hoard- You have been doing well lately with the 3 Indians the other day, and a bunch of steel cents as well! How many dollars do you sort a week? |
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knibloe
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1066 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2008 : 21:09:25
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Hoard, In regards to the solid rolls of "S" wheats, If you weren't a blood brother on the indian head thread, I would say that you suck.
However, since you are our honorary chief I have to say congrats, and nice score.
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hector6man
Penny Pincher Member
USA
129 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2008 : 01:12:43
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| Man, I cant wait to ask my banks tomorrow if they have anymore! |
"Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses." -George Washington
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2008 : 01:28:50
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| I have had a pretty good string of luck lately. I found my 4th Indian of the week last night. Remember, I am in S country.. so I should find more S mints. I haven't been sorting as much lately.. been kind of busy at the day job. Had to work Saturday.. and just got home from work about an hour ago. I have only sorted 12 boxes ($300) so far this week.. but maybe I can make a big push by Saturday. Unfortunately that 1908 Indian I found didn't have an S on it. |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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PennehChaos.
Penny Collector Member
USA
269 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2008 : 10:34:50
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| Heh, one of our local banks still gives those out... they must have ordered a metric buttload of them imprinted with their logo back in the 1980s. They look ancient, so i was real excited the first time i got a couple... Nothing special inside, tho :( |
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hector6man
Penny Pincher Member
USA
129 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2008 : 00:39:48
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| HCBTT I don't thinks it's luck anymore! If I sorted the way you did I would find a lot too! Your sorting maybe $250-$500 a night aren't you? That's why! |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2008 : 14:25:07
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In dragracing we used to say "There's no substitute for cubic inches"
In penny sorting the saying should be "There's no substitute for sorting mass quantities"
Volume certainly improves your odds, but you still need some luck. I didn't find a single Indian in March or April. |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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jpf231
Penny Collector Member
USA
340 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2008 : 14:30:43
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| A teller once gave me $17 in CWR. Each roll had the guy's name and bank account number on it. He obviously labeled them himself as banks often insist that you do that to deposit them. Not me!The copper pecentage had to be 50-60% easily overall with many wheats. One roll was 100% copper. |
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Robarons
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
522 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2008 : 19:51:08
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I love to see soild red CWR that are so old they actually faded from red to pink. On a bank on the 'seedy' part of town I found maybe 4 or 5 rolls that were like this. Had that musty old mold cabin smell to them. 99% copper with a couple 2006's wedged in
But I also found $20 soild 100% copper in those stripe new rolls they gave out at the bank. Its more or less not old rolls, but old people who have pennies. No offense to anyone!
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Nickelless
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USA
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TXTim
Penny Hoarding Member
629 Posts |
Posted - 05/14/2008 : 08:27:58
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Originally posted by Nickelless
Stupid question: What does CWR stand for?
Customer wrapped roll.
"Had that musty old mold cabin smell to them"
I love that smell on rolls of any denomination that sit in the dank corners of dusty old vaults! It gets my blood going! |
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PennehChaos.
Penny Collector Member
USA
269 Posts |
Posted - 06/05/2008 : 13:39:23
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Here's an even better indicator...
i'd never seen one of these before... a little fussy to roll, but neat as heck. And all copper, about 80% wheat! |
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
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Posted - 06/05/2008 : 14:58:48
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| I came across something similar in Canada a few days ago. You can use the same paper to roll all types of coins. Depending on the size of the coin, the denomination shows through a little window. Got them from a CIBC I think-remember seeing them as a kid at RBC. Nothing special in the rolls though. Perhaps these are still in use, or someone using old stock. Nothing prevents using and reusing old penny rollers - all my sorted ones go out in the same wrappers they came in. Except I mark every roll with the date range, so I am never going to resort my discards (and hopefully Steiner will not either). |
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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2555 Posts |
Posted - 06/05/2008 : 20:12:49
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Originally posted by hector6man
HCBTT I don't thinks it's luck anymore! If I sorted the way you did I would find a lot too! Your sorting maybe $250-$500 a night aren't you? That's why!
I'm sorting over $500 a week + CWR's, and I have yet to find an indian head. And I havent gotten lucky like Hoard...  |
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I love to see old Solid Red CWR
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