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longhorn
Penny Sorter Member
80 Posts |
Posted - 03/08/2009 : 19:48:44
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| I've been getting bags from a local bank. Usually they are 20 to 25% cu. Two recent bags were about 61% each with lots of shiny 80's and no wheats. I suppose someone put them away sometime in mid 80's. |
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orionstarman
Penny Pincher Member
USA
106 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2009 : 18:52:21
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| I just did $10 of hand rolled pennies 23.3% cu. 1 wheat. Picked up another $5 today. |
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ScottyTX
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2009 : 21:56:29
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Ran through 2 CWI boxes tonight, (hand sort)
941 copper
7 wheat
right at 19% coppers, thats around the average here |
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2009 : 13:20:09
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Just finished a box of pennies while watching the NCAA basketball tournament:
749 1959-82 Cu Cents 29.96%
7 wheat cents, oldest 1930
6 Canadian cents
Pretty unspectacular box really...oh by the way, this makes post #1000 so I will be PM'ing the contest winners from the other thread. |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2009 : 13:01:16
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One more box finished....
866 1959-82 Cu cents 34.64%
7 wheat cents again, oldest 1917
9 Canadian cents
My 59-82 coppers are staying consistent, but I have seen a noticeable decrease in the number of wheats. I was averaging close to 12 a box, and last 3 have been 5, 7, and 7. |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1664 Posts |
Posted - 03/21/2009 : 12:59:11
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searching from the US its hard. But out of 4 boxes of cents I found canadian
1948
1951
1964
2:1977
2:1980
2:1981
1984
1995
Thats just my copper pile I havent checked my reject or zinc cents yet
13: S-minted memorials
4: s-minted wheats from the 50s
24: wheats oldest 1940 |
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Copper Catcher
Administrator
USA
2092 Posts |
Posted - 03/21/2009 : 14:14:37
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| $250 yielded $50 in copper.. |
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Cerulean
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
993 Posts |
 Posted - 03/23/2009 : 07:02:03
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From four bank rolls + handful from circulation:
314 zincs (1983-2008) 76.0%
95 coppers (1960-1982) 23.0%
2 wheats (1952-1957)
2 candians (1969-2007)
All ten 1982s were copper. |
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klava
Penny Pincher Member
USA
192 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2009 : 23:36:02
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Since i havent posted any finds here for the year i will finally do so. They are on the lame side. Was sidelined for the first part of the year due to illness. I dont keep up with percentages much as some of my finds come from work. I do average 25-30% on copper though.
wheats:87
17:1
20:1
28d:1
35:1
36:1
38:1
40:
40d:
41:2
41d:
42:4
42d:1
43:8
43d
44:5
44d:1
45:1
45d:
46:4
46d:2
46s:1
47:
47d:
48:1
48d:1
49:
49d:
50:2
50d:
51:5
51d:2
52:1
52d:2
53:4
53d:3
54:
54d:
55:2
55d:3
56:3
56d:4
57:3
57d:8
58:3
58d:5
59:8
59d:16
68s:3
69s:2
70s:3
71s:1
72s:1
73s:1
74s:1
Cu cents:~3000
Ca pennies:21
57:1
63:1
64:1
69:1
70:1
72:1
76:1
80:1
83:2
84:1
87:1
88:1
89:1
90:1
93:1
94:1
97:1
00:2
01:1
06:1
Cent Errors:3
1982 offcenter strike
1982 offcenter strike
1998 offcenter strike
*I keep my 59,59d, and s mint coppers seperate. working on completeing rolls. Sorry for the long post. |
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ScottyTX
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - 03/30/2009 : 21:32:59
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21.00 cwi rolls
15 wheat
402 copper mem.
19.85%, right on % down here in texas |
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ScottyTX
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - 04/01/2009 : 15:10:46
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25.00 cwi box (hand sorter)
10 wheat
425 copper mem.
17.4% not too bad (avg. around 19%)
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Bart
Penny Pincher Member
Canada
120 Posts |
Posted - 04/02/2009 : 19:30:29
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Did about $20.00 in CWR pennies today & seem to be running about 40% copper & 60% in zinc. My % is high since I am in Canada. Surprisingly I always get about 1 1/2 to 2 rolls in US pennies.
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Nice. Yes. Very nice. |
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ScottyTX
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2009 : 21:46:56
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25.00 cwi box
5 wheat
487 copper
19.68% copper right on track
5 2009-p lincoln log cabin cents? Hummm guess they're already getting out of the bag around here, second sort where I have found a few. Now just if I could find some that were still in the boxes!!!!
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klava
Penny Pincher Member
USA
192 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2009 : 11:19:47
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I got $10 in pennies and $20 in nickels earlier in the day yesterday. Then Got a box of pennies later in the day. Here are my results
$20 Nickels
4 pre 60
2 1942
55d
58
$10 pennies CWR
Copper:195 19.5%*
82: 28
Wheats:2: 52s 55
Canadian:1: 77
Cu S mints: 3
59:1
59d:1
$25 pennies Brinks box
Copper: 580 23.2%*
82: 83
Wheats:8: 36, 37, 47d, 51d, 55, 56d, 57d, 58d
Canadians:6: 95, 77, 62, 73, 78, 04
Cu S mints:6
59d:2
BU cents:3: 60, 60, 61
Overall nothing special I averaged way less Wheats than normal and more canadians than normal.
On a brighter note i finally hit Wheat number 100 for the year. man its been a slow year lmao. I am two rolls short of having two bricks full of coppers for the year which I am sure will be made up easily by the 82's
*Copper percentages are listed for Cu non "keepers" they do not include wheats, s mints, 59's or canadians. They also do not include the 82's as i havent weighed them yet. So my numbers are likely more around the 26-27% range. Im thinking of taking all my 82's and scales to work this evening to weigh them out.
Oh yeah i also got a mint roll of 08 pennies from the cashier at wally world last night!
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klava
Penny Pincher Member
USA
192 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2009 : 02:19:41
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A friend from work brought her penny jar for me to look through. Not sure how many there was but it was a bunch lol.
8 wheats:
37
42
44
45d
49d
50d
57
58d
7 Canadians
53
66
67
84
93
00
00
Misc:
59:2
59d:4
70s:2
73s:1
74s:1
BU 63
18 rolls of copper cents
I also took my 82's to work and finally weighed them out. i eneded up with.
486 copper
67 zinc
so 87% of them were copper. For the hand sorters who keep copper you are throwing away alot of copper if you throw your 82's back.
I am now around 65 dollars in copper cents for the year.
HH
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ScottyTX
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2009 : 21:58:41
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75.00 in cwi boxes&
4.67 loose pennys yeilded:
1558 copper memorials
34 wheats
copper percentage: 19.98% just what I was expecting too!!!
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ScottyTX
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - 04/17/2009 : 17:28:37
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20.00 in CWR
433 coppers
5 wheats
21.9% might have to back for some more on those!!!
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Posted - 04/17/2009 : 18:18:55
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| Finished a box. 20.8% copper, 3 wheats (including a 1923, oldest found so far), 2 Canadian, and 3 BU copper cents. |
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ScottyTX
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - 04/18/2009 : 16:33:06
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25.00 cwi box this morning
447 copper memorials
6 wheat
18 2009-p log cabin cents, there making there way around already!!!
18.1% copper not tooo bad I guess!! |
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Carbonic Chris
Penny Sorter Member
USA
40 Posts |
Posted - 04/19/2009 : 15:00:47
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$25.00 CWR
59-81 Cu's - 663
Wheats - 11
82's - 99
Canadian - 21
83-Current Zn's - 1706
26.52% Cu without looking at the 82's yet. |
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2009 : 13:12:31
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2 $25 boxes completed today...
1603 1959-1982 Cu's 32.06%
21 wheat cents 0.42%
22 Canadian cents 0.44%
Found one 1945 wheat cent in BU-red, and one 2000 Wide America |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2009 : 06:30:31
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Doing a little sorting before work today,(yes, addicted). When I sort I watch for dimes as I pour the coins into the machine. I then watch for dimes coming out the chute. Quite a few were coming out. Then bam, a steel cent. Sure I've found several, but it's been a while and they are good finds to me.
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2009 : 01:34:54
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Got a call from one of my banks yesterday saying they had some pennies for me. Stopped by this morning and picked up 200 CWR pennies and 60 CWR dimes. The power was out so the bank was dark, and they couldn't get into the vault. But they knew me so they let me in and sold me what they had behind the counter.
Then at coin club tonight I got a Mexico gold peso for $45, a couple of 1/10 pandas for $95 each, 3 Walkers from the 20's for 11x and 3 silver quarters for 10x.  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2009 : 01:07:32
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Got another 40 CWR in pennies and 40 CWR dimes at the same bank today.
I also got 20 BWR pennies from a Credit Union I had never been to before. They said they couldn't sell me the $10 worth of pennies because I wasn't a member. So I gave them $5 and opened an account. Then they gave me an extra $50 just for opening an account.. Sweeeeeet! That's 2 boxes of pennies!
And the kicker.. You guys know how I have never been able to find a bank or savings & loan with a coin counter in my area? I know you have felt really sorry for me 'cause I have to bag or roll my pennies with all those machines. Well, this new CU has a FREE Coinstar in the lobby!!!! Finally, after all this time.. I find the holy grail.
They even said they would be happy to order boxes of pennies and half dollars for me! |
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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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1664 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2009 : 17:02:40
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| dont know if this is the right spot or not but i picked up 2.43 in wheats for 5 bucks at a yard sale |
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