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DesertTumbleweed402
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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 Posted - 09/29/2008 : 17:29:50
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I was wondering how everybody stores their pennies.
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I enjoy taking long walks off short piers. |
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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2008 : 17:38:04
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| basement boxed and rolled. |
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coppernicus
Penny Collector Member
USA
383 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2008 : 17:45:01
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| In Brinks penny boxes but not rolled |
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Nickelless
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 09/29/2008 : 17:57:20
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IN KITTY LITTER BOX'S, LOOSE, $75.00, 52#(+-) |
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Nickelless
Administrator
USA
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wolvesdad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2008 : 18:25:34
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| No silly, (and I think the smiley face admits you/Nickelless already know the answer to this) It is the kitty litter buckets, that kitty litter came in. I wish I could get my hand on more of these buckets!! |
"May your percentages ever increase!" |
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Posted - 09/29/2008 : 19:04:16
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I GO FOR A BIKE RIDE THE EVENING BEFORE GARBAGE DAY AND CARRY A 6' PIECE OF ROPE. I CHECK THE YELLOW RECYCLE BINS AND TIE ONE ON THE END, THEN SLIP A COUPLE MORE ON AND RIDE BACK. |
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1664 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2008 : 19:13:04
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| kitty boxes do good i use 5 gallon buckets |
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
3788 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2008 : 19:17:00
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| Color coded Rubbermaid bins, loose coin, by type of coin. Tan keeper bins for US wheats, Canadian Kings, US Memorial Copper, Canadian Copper to 1979 (heavy), Canadian Copper 80/81 (medium), Canadian Copper 82-96 (light). Blue keeper bins for Ni Nickels to 1964, Ni Nickels 65-81, CuNi 82-06, and US Nickels. Also I use the bins to pick up coin at banks, empty rolls into the bins, sort coin into the bins, and stack rerolled coin in blocks to dump in the bins, and take the bins back to the dump banks. They are just the right weight when near full to lift maximum coin without being excessively heavy. |
“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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wheeler_dealer
Penny Collector Member
USA
402 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2008 : 22:35:26
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| Ziplock freezer bags work real well, when I run out of cloth bank bags. I usually have a seperate bag for each type of coin and when they are full off to storage. |
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scooter
Penny Pincher Member
240 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2008 : 22:58:20
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| 5000 coppers fit nicely in a empty gallon of water. this also makes it perfect for moving them if you have to.I have 17 right now |
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byro007
Penny Collector Member
USA
399 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2008 : 22:59:03
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I use the kitty litter buckets too and I can fit about 220 loose in each one but dont try to move them once there full as they are really really heavy
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2008 : 23:21:35
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Ah, you have the big kitty litter buckets. The big ones hold 22000 coins and the regular size ones hold about 18000 coins. I use them too. I also use 18 Gallon tubs with rope handles and bag up a lot of them in bank shipment bags and seal them.. usually 7500 per bag.  |
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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byro007
Penny Collector Member
USA
399 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2008 : 00:06:21
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| Yes I have the big kitty litter buckets. Yes most of the rest of mine are in bank bags with 7500 in a bag as well |
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2008 : 08:07:16
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If you have a local bakery, ask them if they sell buckets with lids. Mine sells them for $1.25 each which is way cheaper than buying them new. Also these are food grade buckets so you can use them hoard water and food. I stack mine three high full of pennies and so far they have not burst or sunk to the center of the earth.
Kitty litter buckets are fine but you got to get enough of them. So that you can stack them uniformly. So picking up free containers is good, but the drawback is that you are liable to end up with a whole bunch of different shapes and sizes of containers that are hard to stack.
Totes, are OK, and can actually be as cheap per gallon as bakery buckets, but the plastic is a bit softer on many of them. That soft plastic tends to buldge when full of pennies and then the lids won't fit on them. I suppose they would work if you filled them almost full, then without putting a lid on, you placed a second one on that rested directly on the pennies in the opened container below... |
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TXTim
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 09/30/2008 : 21:48:53
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| I put 60 lbs. in a polypro., woven sand bag and store 2 to a 5 gal. bucket. |
Beer is my currency. |
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PennyProspector
Penny Pincher Member
USA
212 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2008 : 22:48:59
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quote:
Originally posted by horgad
If you have a local bakery, ask them if they sell buckets with lids. Mine sells them for $1.25 each which is way cheaper than buying them new.
My local Donut shops sell them..... one gives them to me for free (but I have to wash out the Icing and the chocholate filling) the other charges 50 cents BUT THEY WASH THEM!!! (the 50 cents is a better deal in the long run)
But I must agree the uniformity allows better stacking, Kitty litter buckets are also strong and easy to stack but as you said hard to get enough of them.
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1641 Posts |
Posted - 10/01/2008 : 07:37:26
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Originally posted by PennyProspector
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Originally posted by horgad
If you have a local bakery, ask them if they sell buckets with lids. Mine sells them for $1.25 each which is way cheaper than buying them new.
My local Donut shops sell them..... one gives them to me for free (but I have to wash out the Icing and the chocholate filling) the other charges 50 cents BUT THEY WASH THEM!!! (the 50 cents is a better deal in the long run)
But I must agree the uniformity allows better stacking, Kitty litter buckets are also strong and easy to stack but as you said hard to get enough of them.
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My pennies smell like donuts. Do you think that will make them sell better? |
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Frugi
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USA
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
3788 Posts |
Posted - 10/02/2008 : 02:27:32
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| horgad is right about the totes - plastic is too light for long term storage. I think I'm going to high speed count into plastic bags, and place them back into the totes. That will control the pressure. Or maybe just go get some buckets for the long term storage. The way copper is going, this could be a looong hold. |
“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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Nickelless
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USA
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Posted - 10/02/2008 : 07:11:38
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Huh I go through a fair number of kitty litter buckets in a year(two cats) and I've just been recycling them...too bad one of you doesn't live near me in rural Virginia or I'd give you some. They're kinda big they hold anywhere from 28 to 40 pounds of kitty litter so I figure they should easily hold that much in coins.
There are also these smaller kitty litter jugs I get and immediately recycle that hold 14 pounds of kitty litter that I bet would be aces for holding pennies. |
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