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HoardCopperByTheTon
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USA
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Posted - 05/02/2009 : 17:21:15
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Sorted 1 roll of customer wrapped pennies last night. It had 2 dimes, a wheat penny and 8 copper LMC's. Figured I better quit while I was ahead.  |
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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JP_007
Penny Sorter Member
USA
58 Posts |
 Posted - 05/07/2009 : 12:50:26
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$25 OBW Box
1959 - 1981 22.21% (542)
1982 Copper 85.71% (72)
Canadian 0.32% (8)
Copper Can. 0.24% (6)
Wheat Cents 0.44% (11) 1918, 1937, 1941, 1942, 1950-S, 1951-S, 1953(2), 1957-D, 1958, 1958-D
U.S. Copper Total 25.48% (625)[/b]
Misc. Others 2006 Bahamas Cent, Plastic Penny, 1970-S
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Posted - 05/07/2009 : 14:38:44
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| Went through another 2 boxes. First had 28.72% copper, 7 wheats, 23 BU coppers, and 3 Canadians. Second box had 22.48% copper, 5 wheats, 13 BU coppers, and 4 Canadians including a George VI. First one I've found. |
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Robarons
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
522 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2009 : 00:16:32
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| Still been buzzing away with the pennies here. Holding a 27% steady avg. Nothing too amazing to say, but I did find my first 1909 today. It seems to be a flaw because I could have swore there was a 'S' and 'VDB' on there somewhere =) |
Robber Baron= Robarons |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2009 : 01:38:19
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I don't get nearly the percentages you guys are getting.. so I "just sort more!"
Had a pretty good penny day today. Stopped off at lunch time at a bank I don't even have an account at to pick up my order of 24 boxes. They had an extra 3 boxes of CWR at the teller station, so they sold me those too. They even stacked them on my cart for me. Now that's customer service! And I scored 3 more rolls of PR quarters.
Went down the street and found a new source bank. I had to open an account there, but they ordered me 24 boxes for next week. A guy just can't have too many source banks. They also sold me about 20 CWR pennies and 6 CWR nickels they had on hand. |
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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c140cessna
Penny Collector Member
USA
419 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2009 : 01:00:19
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$4100 FV Canadian Sorted
Added 1,140 lbs to the hoard.
Cu % = 45%......this is well above my last Canadian sort of 35%. These were charity drive pennies...deep in old piggy banks....
About 4-5 hours running 5 Ryedales.
Total Ryedale Fleet Count 6.7 Million Coins. Highest individual machine 4.23 Million.
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Posted - 05/30/2009 : 09:59:39
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| Finished up a $25 box. 21.84% copper, 4 wheats, 4 BU copper, 2 canadians and 2 log cabins. I also got a 1986s proof. I picked up $% in CWI rolls the other day and got 25.6% copper and 13 wheats. That was a nice find. |
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ScottyTX
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - 05/30/2009 : 10:10:57
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25.00 cwi box last night
486 coppers
4 wheats
28 2009's
19.6% right on target there!! |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 05/30/2009 : 18:13:22
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Sorted $83 worth of copper pennies $58 CWR & $25 Brinks box.
29% Copper.
1914 & 1918
1937/8 D, that has what looks like an 8 partially on the 7 but to the right of it.
Not been able to find any mention of double die errors in 1937 Lincolns. |
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farmer
New Member
10 Posts |
Posted - 05/30/2009 : 21:18:55
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| I WAS WAITING ON ACUSTERNER TO DECIDE ON WHAT TO BUY AND WAS LOOKING AT MY CHANGE.THE GUY ASKED IF I SAVED COINS-I SAID JUST PENNIES-HE SAID HE HAD 5 ONE GALLON JARS IN HIS BASEMENT SO I TOLD HIM TO BRING THEM IN AND I WOULD BUY THEM, AS HIS BANK WAS CHARGING HIM TO COUNT AND ROLL-HE SAID HE WOULD,SO I DIDN'T THINK ANYMORE ABOUT IT AND THREE DAYS LATER HE COMES IN WITH A JUG IT HAD 5109 PENNIES-3045 COPPERS-HE HAS 4 MORE-I HOPE HE BRINGS THEM-MY BEST FIND SO FAR. |
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copperpennies
Penny Pincher Member
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2009 : 17:32:38
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| I sorted $100 today with the help of my new CS-10, I found 29.03% copper pennies. |
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Posted - 06/04/2009 : 22:00:14
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| Did a box. 31.56% copper, 7 wheats, 9 BU copper, 2 Canadians and one Swedish 50 Ore. There were several rolls that were 80-90% copper. |
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Mikep2020
Penny Collector Member
USA
402 Posts |
Posted - 06/05/2009 : 09:23:07
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| Sorted $25 worth of Customer wrapped rolls last night, very heavy on the coppers, approximately 41% copper, but not a single wheaty in the bunch, and not a single copper earlier than 1968. This batch was also heavy on the D-mints, probably more than 4-5x as may D-mints as usual for me. I gather that the customer must've moved from out west recently with all the change they accumulated over the years, and then sorted out all the wheats and early date memorials before depositing. |
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2009 : 17:53:52
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| One box of cents=23.47% copper,8 wheats and 11 Canadian. The oldest wheat was a nasty looking 1937. It looks like it was whizzed and then thrown on the road and run over countless times. |
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c140cessna
Penny Collector Member
USA
419 Posts |
Posted - 06/15/2009 : 10:46:06
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Sorted $275 US......28% Cu
Sorted $580 Canadian......41% Cu
Added another 200 lbs to the hoard. Need to do an inventory....think I'm over 8 tons.... |
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Cerulean
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
993 Posts |
Posted - 06/23/2009 : 13:43:01
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Eight rolls from Wachovia:
276 zincs (1982-2008) 69.0%
124 coppers (1961-1982) 31.0%
This is my highest percentage in my three years of cent sorting. |
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Edited by - Cerulean on 06/23/2009 13:44:29 |
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Market Harmony
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1274 Posts |
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brian0918
Penny Collector Member
USA
315 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2009 : 20:26:08
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$25, plastic machine wrapped, Brinks
About 30-35% copper (didn't keep perfect track)
38 WHEATS  , including a shiny VF-EF 1955-S! (probably cleaned). The wheats were distributed pretty evenly throughout the box.
Earliest date: 1927. Also found about 10 AU-BU from 60s and 70s, and poor man's 1955 DDO.
This is only my second box sorted. Last one was customer wrapped, and only yielded about 8 wheats, and was from a different bank. I'll definitely be going back to the second bank again! |
"The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master." -- Ayn Rand
Searched: $2230 Nickels; Liberty: 1; Buffalo: 4; War: 20; 2009: 2; 2010D: 8 |
Edited by - brian0918 on 06/27/2009 20:36:50 |
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1964 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2009 : 16:38:48
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Hand sorted 2 boxes and $25 in CWR.
30% U.S. - 37 wheats.
82.9% Canadian - 1 king.
30.9% total Cu.
2 dimes.
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Robarons
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
522 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2009 : 12:33:20
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$50 Bank Bag Pennies
73 wheats- 1918 oldest
6 2009 Log cabins
7 Darn dimes (one with one of those boat thingies on it =)
I am not sure if we had a thread, but we should keep track of 2009 cents that are found in circulation. |
Robber Baron= Robarons |
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Mikep2020
Penny Collector Member
USA
402 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2009 : 12:23:44
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Last 7 Boxes out of Boston
$25 CWI Box - 46 Wheats - 783 Coppers - 31.3%
$25 Brinks Box - 16 Wheats - 723 Coppers - 28.9%
$25 CWI Box - 75 Wheats - 862 Coppers - 34.5%
$25 CWI Box - 24 Wheats - 748 Coppers - 29.9%
$25 CWR Bundle - 12 Wheats - 735 Coppers - 29.4%
$25 Brinks Box - 10 Wheats - 697 Copper - 27.9%
$25 CWI Box - 37 Wheats - 692 Coppers - 27.7%
Total = 220 Wheats - 5240 Coppers - 29.9% Average |
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ScottyTX
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
508 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2009 : 22:39:32
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25.00 CWI Box
32.00 CWR
22 wheats
19.2% copper staying right on top of it still. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2009 : 22:49:32
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Hit a good batch of CWR I picked up this week. At first I thought there was something wrong with the Ryedale.. too many cents were popping out on the copper side. Stopped the machine and checked it.. everything was fine.
Out of 70 CWR I got 2814 coppers. That's 80.4%!!! Best copper percentage I've had in a long time. Usually that is my zinc percentage. |
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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theo
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
588 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2009 : 17:14:32
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I just got done sorting a small sample of 20 CWRs. And my take is:
272 Copper Pennies
5 Cull Coppers (Or "ugly Abes" as you guys might call them.)
4 Canadian Coppers (Which I count)
2 Wheats
2 AU Coppers
285 Total copper pennies out of 1000 (28.5%)
I know the sample is pretty small, but its pretty indicative of what I get.
BTW 3 dimes were mixed in with these rolls.
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beerdoodle
Penny Sorter Member
USA
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Posted - 07/06/2009 : 23:59:42
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| 234 out of 1000 here today. 5 wheats, no canadians. So if I cypher right, 23.4%. These were not CWR,s. |
I am really getting good at barely getting by |
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