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Alpacafarmer
Penny Pincher Member
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 Posted - 06/10/2008 : 14:20:11
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Newby question, how do you tell the 82 coppers from the zinc?
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jpf231
Penny Collector Member
USA
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Posted - 06/10/2008 : 15:03:09
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Run them through a Ryedale, of course.
Or - with a scale - coppers weigh 3.1 grams and zincolns weigh just 2.5 (roughly - maybe slightly less due to heavy wear) |
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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1021 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2008 : 15:06:43
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By weight, but you will need a scale.
If you don't have a scale, the following is another potential alternative. I think someone on here advised of getting a popsicle stick with a tack in the middle. Put a zinc penny on one end. Then put your suspect 82 on the other end. If it is copper, the copper end of your little "see saw" measuring device should go down.
When I hand sorted, I just saved all of my 82s without weighing them or otherwise trying to separate the zincs from the coppers. There are supposed to be 7 or 8 different varieties of 1982 pennies. So, I thought I would go back through my jars of 82s some day and try to make a couple of complete 1982 sets. |
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penniesmakemedizzy
Penny Pincher Member
USA
135 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2008 : 15:41:00
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| You can also drop the pennies on a table and listen to the sound they make. The zinc and coppers have a different ring. |
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Alpacafarmer
Penny Pincher Member
130 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2008 : 15:55:22
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| Thanks everyone! I think I may have caught the bug. Just went through my first thousand. 720 Zinc, 254 copper, 25 82's, 1 wheat, and 1 Caymen Island. I guess by the time you can tell by just feel you know you have sorted to many pennies. |
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
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Posted - 06/10/2008 : 16:02:15
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Alpacafarmer - you are likely going to see Canadian Pennies as well. Many are Copper too and worth saving. Google "Canadian Penny Composition" and read/print the Wikipedia article for the scope on the Canadian pennies. No point throwing back good copper!
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 06/10/2008 : 16:10:29
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Yep, sounds like you have caught the bug Alpacafarmer. Before you know it you will have a ton.. or 2.  Welcome to the forum. Good copper percentage on your first sort. |
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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Kurr
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1021 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2008 : 16:41:12
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| Welcome to the club Alpacafarmer. May sound odd, but sorting pennies is fun. |
"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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JerrySpringer
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 06/10/2008 : 19:57:10
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You can also drop the pennies on a table and listen to the sound they make. The zinc and coppers have a different ring.
True. The copper ones have a nice ring tone while the zinc just make a thud sound. You'll figure it out if you listen to a few pre-'82 ones to compare to. |
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Alpacafarmer
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 06/11/2008 : 09:10:43
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| My coin scale worked great! Took less than a minute to sort 25 of them. |
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