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coppernicus
Penny Collector Member
USA
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 Posted - 07/04/2008 : 00:31:26
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I got a call from my credit union to pick up $100 in pennies today. She said she had 60 dollars in halves as well and asked if I wanted those as well. I said sure! First roll I open up is 100% silver!!! 19 40% and 1 90%. Another roll had 19 out of 20 coins that were silver. Out of 60 dollars I got 37 40% and 3 90% halves!!!!
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misteroman
Administrator
USA
2565 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2008 : 00:35:34
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| Attaboy!!!!!!!!! |
Buying CU cents!!!! Paying 1.2 unlimited amounts wanted. Can pick up if near Ohio area. |
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Nickelless
Administrator
USA
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2008 : 08:58:22
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Sweet find. Awesome!
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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kavajava
Penny Collector Member
USA
490 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2008 : 12:40:53
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| WoW! |
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Posted - 07/04/2008 : 15:01:28
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Better go buy a lottery ticket today too, Coppernicus!
Nice going! Impressive. Free silver is always sweet. |
Never too far away for a gunbunny |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2008 : 15:57:32
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Wow.. The Silver Santa visiting in July!!! Who would have thought? Congrats coppernicus!  |
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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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2008 : 16:53:35
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| Super,Super, and Super! |
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jpf231
Penny Collector Member
USA
340 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2008 : 07:52:38
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| FANTASTIC !! Love to hear stories like this. |
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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1021 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2008 : 19:36:47
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Originally posted by coppernicus
I got a call from my credit union to pick up $100 in pennies today. She said she had 60 dollars in halves as well and asked if I wanted those as well. I said sure! First roll I open up is 100% silver!!! 19 40% and 1 90%. Another roll had 19 out of 20 coins that were silver. Out of 60 dollars I got 37 40% and 3 90% halves!!!!
Now that's the way to celebrate the 4th of July. Good for you. |
"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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copperpennies
Penny Pincher Member
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2008 : 19:38:04
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| Finding silver is sure awesome. |
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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1021 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2008 : 19:45:42
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Originally posted by copperpennies
Finding silver is sure awesome.
Is your avatar performing the found mucho silver dance? |
"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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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2008 : 22:43:15
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| You need to scrounge up more cash and go back! Congrats on your awesome find. |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2008 : 22:51:04
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| Great find. Most credit unions I know are closed on July 4. |
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coppernicus
Penny Collector Member
USA
383 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2008 : 07:52:11
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| It was actually the 3rd. I didn't realize that "today" had wrapped around. The post was at 12:30 am. |
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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2008 : 09:05:42
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At that time of night you shouldn't be online. The only two things worth doing at that time are sleeping and sorting copper.  |
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coppernicus
Penny Collector Member
USA
383 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2008 : 15:54:45
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| I couldn't hardly sleep from being giddy over getting over a hundred bucks of silver for 40 bucks! |
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Flbandit
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
851 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2008 : 19:38:30
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| Sweet! I dunno about the things to do at 12:30 though. That;s when the best old Sci-Fi movies are on! |
Are you throwing that out? |
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wheeler_dealer
Penny Collector Member
USA
402 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2008 : 22:34:53
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| Might want to re-visit and see if the customer who cashed in the halves brought in dimes or quarters never know what you might find. Congratulations on the find. Good relations with the tellers pay HUGE dividends. Don't forget to reward the teller it may pay off again in the future. |
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coppernicus
Penny Collector Member
USA
383 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2008 : 23:48:20
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| Teller at Credit Union had another $60 in halves today. Not as good as last time, but not bad. 4 -40% and 1-90% silver in 60 dollars. |
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coppernicus
Penny Collector Member
USA
383 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2008 : 22:19:30
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I have had two more trips to the credit union where they have offered up halves. The first time she had 20 dollars worth and there were 4- 40% halves in the mix. Today I went there and the teller tells me that she had 20 dollars in halves but she thinks the other teller had already looked at them. I told her I would take them anyways. I go out to my car and look at them and see no silver. However the number of halves in my hand from the first roll looks like a lot. I count them out and I got 25 halves(12.5 dollars) included in each 10 dollar roll. So even with no silver, I came out ahead |
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
3788 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2008 : 03:35:42
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coppernicus - I would suggest that you return the overage. You are doing fantastic on 1/2s from this credit union, and you don't want to hurt the relationship.
It is one thing to be out a few pennies or nickels one way or the other - no one cares much - but this is $2.50 a roll.
If they realize the mistake in the count at the end of the day and realize that you got the halfs (easy to figure out as you are likely the only 1/2 buyer in the day or maybe the week) you could easily cut yourself off from coins buying and selling there. If you return the $5 in halves they will trust you with coin deposits forever. Saves big time when the tellers just accept your coin roll deposits as correct. I think you will find the benefit outways small cost. |
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coppernicus
Penny Collector Member
USA
383 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2008 : 19:12:27
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| I will tell them. They get all of there coins rolled from customers. So the customer was only credited 10 dollars and I was only charged 10 dollars. I have never dumped any coins there. I actually get all of the pennies at three different branches of the credit union. Two are near work and one is near home. They all call me if they get an excess of pennies and I stop by each one at least once a week. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2008 : 19:40:27
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Always best to tell. Honesty is the best policy. MOST of the time....
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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rainsonme
Penny Pincher Member
USA
183 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2008 : 21:07:01
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Originally posted by NotABigDeal
Always best to tell. Honesty is the best policy. MOST of the time....
Is there anyone out there focused on looking for silver half's --- other than me? Is there a forum or board for half dollar seekers?
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 10/04/2008 : 22:29:06
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Yes, there are people other than you looking for $ilver halve$.
The "Numismatics" topic in the General Discussion forum has a pretty active topic "Half Dollars and other coins".
Lots of folks typing about the $ilver $anta or a $ilver $kunking over there. |
There's profit if you melt things!!
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