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jadedragon
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Canada
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 Posted - 09/26/2008 : 11:28:18
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Here is your new Sorting Percentage and Buying Reports. We reached the limit on the last thread and it seems to have locked itself. Keep those reports coming in.
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 09/26/2008 : 11:36:29
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$33.00 Customer Wrapped Rolls
663 Copper-Including Wheats 20.1 %
1 Canadian Pre 1997
5 Canadian 1997+
8 Wheats
0 Dimes
0 Indian Head
0 Other Foreign
0 Unusual |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 09/26/2008 : 11:37:45
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Sorted 4 - $25 CWI Boxes-Sealed
Date Insp by # Weight
No markings 15.10
No markings 15.10
No markings 15.15
No markings 15.15
2999 Copper-Including Wheats 30 %
10 Canadian Pre 1997
5 Canadian 1997+
23 Wheats 1955 D Double, but not a a severe doubling, but is obvious
1 Dimes
0 Indian Head
0 Other Foreign
1 Unusual 1983-D Looks to be pure zinc. 2.46 grams |
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gothboi30
Penny Collector Member
USA
286 Posts |
Posted - 09/26/2008 : 17:07:33
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| Picked up my 4th $25 box (Brinks) this afternoon....will begin sorting shortly, stay tuned. |
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Delawhere Jack
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1680 Posts |
Posted - 09/26/2008 : 19:18:25
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$6.29 in pennies, purchased for $5.45 ($1.50/lb), on credit!  From a filthy rich attorney! 
(Didn't have small bills, I'll pay him Monday).
Copper lincolns 59-82
82's sorted by weight) 198
Wheats(nothing special) 4
Canadian cents 4
Darn dimes 1
Zincolns (calc by weight)423
32.4% Coppers, costing .866¢ per coin! 
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gothboi30
Penny Collector Member
USA
286 Posts |
Posted - 09/26/2008 : 22:41:29
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| Ok, here it is....Brinks box #4: (includes some coins from loose change); Canadian 3 '53, '60, '91 0.12%; wheats 6 '36, '41, '44, '46, '46d(x2) 0.24%; 1982 62 roughly 2.48%; copper 566 roughly 22.65%; zinc 1863 roughly 74.5%.....worse than my last boxes by far..... |
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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2555 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2008 : 14:45:15
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I normally dont post these, (normally my percentages are low) but this is the highest i have ever gotten! One of my supply banks called saying they had some already searched for wheats. I said I'd take them anyway.
$75 in CWR
4435 in misc copper (a few wheats, and a decent ammount of can) o ya...59% cu!!!!
1 1933 Canadian George v cent |
"99% of all lawyers give the rest of them a bad name"
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
3788 Posts |
Posted - 10/06/2008 : 02:10:24
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| I actually don't run real percentages as I find it cuts down on my posting time. However while sorting tonight my Cu bin filled faster then the reject bin for a change. Normally I run a little below 50% Cu because of all the US zincs mixed in. |
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw.
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 10/06/2008 : 03:16:45
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Well Nickelless isn't the only one having a run of bad luck today. I decided to rip through the 24 boxes I picked up at BofA yesterday. The first box went fine. I was into the second box 5 or 6 rolls before I noticed that it was coming up all zinc. I checked the Ryedale real quick and it seemed to be working perfectly. Then I got that sinking feeling. It had been so long since I got a dud box that I don't even bother to preweigh them. I quickly weighed the other boxes and 16 out of my 24 boxes were solid zinc duds.  The good news is that I was able to sort very quickly. I also get most of my money back since I am not keeping much copper out of this batch. Who wants to tie up capital in copper when it is selling below face on eBay anyway? I do!!! But I am contrarian that way. If I had to "mark to market" like those banks it could put a serious dent in the hoard value. I can wait it out for the market to turn. The other good news is that since I got so many presorted solid zinc boxes I don't even have to bid on pennybullion's auction. Wonder if his zincs will bring more than Nickelless' coppers this week?
Dud's happen. It just adds to the challenge. Worst thing.. I didn't find one single Indian Head Cent.. that really bummed me out.
By the way.. for those that like to check box weights for duds prior to breaking the seal.. a brinks wrap box of solid zinc weighs 14.06 lbs. |
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 - 10/06/2008 : 06:48:37
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Originally posted by legacypac
I actually don't run real percentages as I find it cuts down on my posting time. However while sorting tonight my Cu bin filled faster then the reject bin for a change. Normally I run a little below 50% Cu because of all the US zincs mixed in.
I normally dont either, but the box weighed a lot so i thought I would keep them separate and post them here. As you can see came out to almost 60%, I'm happy with that. |
"99% of all lawyers give the rest of them a bad name"
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aaron239
Penny Collector Member
USA
260 Posts |
Posted - 10/06/2008 : 14:16:58
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I stopped and picked up $15 from my main bank today while making a deposit. On my way home I peaked at some of the roll ends because most were on those red wrappers you dont see very often anymore.
Got about $5 in wheat pennies and if I had to guess... about 90%+ copper pennies. Waiting for the machine to get here before I sort any copper out though. Wow -- dont have very many of those anymore! |
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gothboi30
Penny Collector Member
USA
286 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2008 : 23:27:53
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| Hi everyone. $12.50 N.F. String box sorting results: Canadian-3(includes 1 from loose change) '67 centennial, '71, '76 roughly 0.2%; wheats-4 '42, '44, '46d, '57d roughly 0.3%; 1982-48 roughly 3.8%; Cu-322 roughly 25.8%; Zn-928 roughly 74.2%. Not too bad for a small box...... |
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DesertTumbleweed402
Penny Pincher Member
USA
196 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2008 : 19:50:24
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| Got a 1919 penny. Was turned away from a community bank, National City, and Bank of America for one box of pennies each. |
I enjoy taking long walks off short piers. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2008 : 00:04:56
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I want one of those half boxes of pennies.. I have never seen one of those.
Buying Report for today:
40 CWR Quarters
130 CWR dimes
10 CWR nickels
60 CWR pennies
.. and they gave me 2 new cloth bank bags to carry it out with.
The same bank gave me 4 free cloth bank bags earlier this week when I hauled out:
160 CWR pennies
50 BWR pennies
50 CWR nickels
5 CWR dimes
Those bank bags are the only thing that isn't going down.
Sorted the dimes.. skunked again.. maybe I will get lucky on a box of halves tomorrow. |
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 - 10/11/2008 : 18:01:06
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Someone threw this piece of crap into my penny bag. I'm returning that bag to the bank!
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
3788 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2008 : 19:43:59
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| I wish I could find solid copper bags like Ardent's ^^^^^^^^^ even with the extra weight thrown in, mine usually have about 50% Zi and steel mixed in. |
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ScottyTX
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2008 : 15:13:57
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25.00 cwi box
451 coppers
3 wheat
18.2% hummm not really that bad considering all the duds running around lately.
Scotty
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cwgii
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
924 Posts |
Posted - 10/13/2008 : 21:33:11
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i do not know what some of your acronyms are but..
i have been getting boxes where and when i can, taking hand wrapped if i can get them. i learned that at least two of the banks, the tellers 'reroll; the coins brought in. so in fact they are not 'customer wrapped rolls'.
i am sorting by hand, sitting in the sun. as something to mix up , reading, playing cribbage, listening to music.
so here is what i do , i have three yogurt containers in front of me. i sort the 60's into the left. 70's middle and 80/81 in the left. the 59's, wheats and canadians get put aside. the 82's also go into a seperate container.
i sort 1000 coins. then tally up. i have been , rolling, the 60s, and 80s. putting the 70s into quart gatorade jugs.
based on the first five sets of 10k. my 'copper' percents were 14.29,13.99,15.30 , 14.83, 14.99 for the 60-81 coins
i then started keeping , track of the 60's and 80's.
the 60s were 270, 320 and 257 out of 10000, while the 80's were 331, 347 and 360
the canadians were 13, 20 and 20 out of 10000
wheaties 18,22,26
1959 20,18,23
i have failed to keep a count on the 1982. someday i will give them to someone to run through a 'sorter' .
i have one indian head,that was 'holed', several 'mystery ' coins, 2cent euro-germany, a 50 ore, austrailia 5 ? , and english 1 penny, several dimes.
ah well. back to sorting. i could only get 10 rolls today. i have totally cleaned out this town.
when i get to tucson. i will start placing weekly orders for halves and pennies.
hitting up any bank i drive by. |
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eharrison
Penny Pincher Member
USA
234 Posts |
Posted - 10/14/2008 : 23:32:43
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| what in the world is that Ardent? Looks like a bag of wheats but what is the silver looking thin gin the middle? a 10 oz of silver? |
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That's why I voted
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cwgii
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
924 Posts |
Posted - 10/16/2008 : 00:29:07
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i would like to hear from others about what they are getting for a percentage
.i did another 10k yesterday and today.
14.04 % copper.
also kept track of the 1982s. came to 185 out of the 10k while there were 241 from the 60s and 309 from 80/81.
1959 saw 12, wheats 30 and canadians 14. |
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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1021 Posts |
Posted - 10/16/2008 : 08:11:30
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| I picked up a box of pennies in my weekly nickel run from BoA. This quickly reminded me why I stopped BoA as a source bank for pennies. Most in the box were bright and shiny. The copper harvest was less than 4%. |
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Cerulean
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
993 Posts |
Posted - 10/16/2008 : 08:11:51
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From a coworker's change jar:
523 zincs (1982-2008) 76.5%
149 coppers (1960-1982) 21.8%
9 wheats (1949-1958)
2 canadian (1963-1981)
1 foreign (2005 Greek 2 eurocents)
Also found a 1939-P nickel |
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misteroman
Administrator
USA
2565 Posts |
Posted - 10/17/2008 : 01:51:55
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| I got $100 today(been awhile) opened half a box or 25 rolls and got 17 wheats and 34% CU!!!!!! Might be trying to entice me back in.I still have about 50 or 60 boxes from before I never sorted but I bet that soon to be coming Ryedale will take care of them!!! |
Buying CU cents!!!! Paying 1.2 unlimited amounts wanted. Can pick up if near Ohio area. |
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
3788 Posts |
Posted - 10/17/2008 : 15:59:49
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cwgii asked about our acronyms:
CWR = Customer Wrapped Rolls. These could be actually wrapped by a customer of some sort, or by a teller in branch. They represent either a fair mix of what is circulating, or grandpa's 50 year old coin collection, or maybe some coin roll hunter's dumps. Generally wrapped by hand.
BWR = Brinks Wrapped Rolls/Bank Wrapped Rolls. Brinks is the largest coin handling company. BWR maybe wrapped by machine in plastic or crimped paper. You will not usually find grandpa's coin collection here. New bulk coin is introduced through the coin handlers, so their may be a disproportionate amount of current year coins in BWR.
CU=Copper (Pennies generally)
CuNi=75% Copper 25% Nickel. Very common coin alloy in the world. US Nickels all CuNi (except silver war nickels). Various Canadian coins were made from CuNi until the Royal Canadian Mint switched to Plated Steel.
RCM=Royal Canadian Mint - the finest mint in the world, birthplace of the finest gold and silver coins ever created, and technology leader with the invention of plating technology. (can you tell were I live)
Clad=US Coins above the nickel after the silver era. Grab a quarter or dime and check the side - see how there are layers of copper and nickel?
40%=40% Silver half dollars minted from 1965 to 1970.
90%=90% Silver US coins - dimes, quarters, 1/2s and dollar coins minted before 1964. These are worth more for silver value then face value.
Zincs/Zincolns = US Pennies starting late in 1982 made mostly from zinc. Also covers Canadian Pennies from 1997 to 2000 and some after 2000.
Wheats = US pennies with a wheat ear back - worth more then a penny to collectors
Kings = Canadian Pennies minted prior to Queen Elizabeth II. Same concept as US Wheats - have some collector value.
IHP or IH = US pennies prior to 1909 with an Indian Head on them. These are never found in circulation.
82's = 1982 US pennies most made from copper, some made from zinc. Some people set these aside. I think there are 7 varieties.
PM = Precious Metals or Private Message, check the context. If someone says "PM sent" they likely didn't mail you a gold coin.
Anything I missed - add your abbreviations on
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“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw.
Why Copper Bullion ~~~ Interview with Silver Bullion Producer Market Harmony
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2008 : 03:27:37
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Well, I had some pretty good luck today. In addition to getting a box here, and a couple boxes there of pennies on drive bys, as well as some CWR nickels and dimes, I found 11 cents in parking lots, and I lined up a new source for penny boxes.
The new source is a bank near work that I don't even have an account at. They are ordering 24 boxes of pennies for me for next Friday. All non-Brinks boxes, so this should offset the occasional dud Brinks boxes I have been getting lately.
What, you thought I would quit sorting and hoarding just because copper pennies melt for $70 a bag now? |
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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cwgii
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
924 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2008 : 12:50:29
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| dumb question,,,,, what is the magic about 24 boxes???? |
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