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 Posted - 11/17/2008 : 19:43:43
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Hi all,
I just wanted to say hello, I have been lurking here for a few weeks and I figured I would join the fun!
I have been taking over the dining room table sorting out coppers by date, then putting them in bags until I have enough to make a roll, which leads me to my question, do you put all of your wheat pennies in flips? Does anyone know where I can get coin flips with mylar fairly cheaply? My local coin shop charges 3.99 for 100, I thought I could do better on eBay but I haven't found anything yet.
Here's to lots of great finds! I am sure I will be posting again soon.
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 11/17/2008 : 20:11:00
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Welcome. Glad you are posting and I hope you post often. What the individual does with his/her wheats really depends. Some keep them all while some only keep the key dates or low mints and trade/sell the rest. Same goes with the foreign coins found. Keep up the searching, there is still plenty of copper out there.
Deal
p.s. Not sure about the flips though, sorry. |
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jadedragon
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Posted - 11/18/2008 : 02:53:29
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Welcome - and post often because it gives me something other then my own posts to read.
Wow, sorting everything by date sounds like a lot of work. Is there any extra value in date sorted copper memorials? I just store all my copper in big bins all mixed together. I pull all the wheats I see and just store them in 1000 count bags. I have my few steel 43's in a seperate little bag. I set aside the kings I see and store them in decade bags.
I have started hand sorting one copper bin into 4 eras of Canadian - Kings, Heavy round, 80/81, and multi-sided, plus memorials vs wheats. I don't have to check the dates at all because I am looking at shape and weight, but it is painfully slow going.
Someday I'll get my (as yet unborn) daughter to sort out the rarer ones and sell them for her college fund :) |
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Posted - 11/18/2008 : 18:41:27
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Hi, and thanks for the warm welcome!
It doesn't make sense for there to be more value in date sorted coins...I have gone back and forth about it at least 20 times this week alone. I sort by date because I don't want any key-date errors to get away from me. With the lack of luck I have had so far I should probably just give up, but then there's that little voice that keeps nagging me to keep checking because "you never know". If I have any successes I will certainly post them here!
Do you think it is fair to say that the only errors that are really worth anything to collectors are those that can be seen with the naked eye? I am 30 so my eyesight is still pretty good :oP, but even I can't see if Lincoln has an extra knee...
One thing that affords me the time to do this is that I am only sorting $10 a week at this point. It has been relaxing and fun, and a neat way to save money. My husband gets a kick out of watching me too.
BTW, These are the 2 lists that I am using for error dates, does anyone have any others?:
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 11/18/2008 : 20:09:03
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coinchamp, wow another woman. No, I'm not a woman but there are a few of you gals here. You are certainly welcome as we can use a ladies point of view. Searching for errors does pay off. Check out this thread and what a member here found: You must be logged in to see this link.
There certainly are errors out there. Take care and good luck in your searches. Oh yeah, tell your husband not to worry, we are all gentlemen here.
Deal
p.s. legacypac, when is the due date? |
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mooski
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Posted - 11/18/2008 : 20:22:07
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For the common wheat pennies, I wouldn't worry about putting them into the mylar 2x2's. In fact, I would bet against ever finding anything that would need to go into a 2x2. Since you have them, well, there ya go.
Otherwise, into a ziploc baggie they go...
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 11/18/2008 : 21:16:40
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Welcome to the wide world of Cu disks, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat (oh, I guess that was a different sport channel)!
Sort them any way you like, store them above water and try to keep them away from salt.
I sort my wheats by decade and store them in plastic cashew "jars", maybe 20 oz of nuts in them when I got them at Costco (Sam's Club).
I wash the container and dry then before I place any Cu in any container.
I like 1/2 gallon milk jugs for the Lincoln memorials, I'll probably "decade-ize" then before I no longer get to walk this Planet
I'm on my second jar of '50's.
There's still a lot of space in the teen, '20's and '30's jar.
My '40's jar is getting close to full.
This storage method makes it a bit easier when I (compulsively) search for that special error I just read about or look for a key "S" date.
The ones that are really bad and worn, can't read anything and can just about make out Lincoln on one side and maybe that's a wheat sheave on the back, are in my "bad" wheat jar. That's about 1/2 full.
I keep my small date '60's and my one and only '09 VBD in 2x2 plastic. |
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highroller4321
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Posted - 11/18/2008 : 21:23:21
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| Welcome to the forum. I wouldnt put every wheat in a flip. I would only put the semi key and key dates in the flips |
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 11/22/2008 : 09:45:02
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Originally posted by coinchamp
Hi, and thanks for the warm welcome!
It doesn't make sense for there to be more value in date sorted coins...I have gone back and forth about it at least 20 times this week alone. I sort by date because I don't want any key-date errors to get away from me. With the lack of luck I have had so far I should probably just give up, but then there's that little voice that keeps nagging me to keep checking because "you never know". If I have any successes I will certainly post them here!
Do you think it is fair to say that the only errors that are really worth anything to collectors are those that can be seen with the naked eye? I am 30 so my eyesight is still pretty good :oP, but even I can't see if Lincoln has an extra knee...
One thing that affords me the time to do this is that I am only sorting $10 a week at this point. It has been relaxing and fun, and a neat way to save money. My husband gets a kick out of watching me too.
BTW, These are the 2 lists that I am using for error dates, does anyone have any others?:
You must be logged in to see this link.
You must be logged in to see this link.
Happy sorting!
Welcome. I began searching coins for a birthday project/gift for our son and have evolved into looking for anything good I can find. My husband thought my efforts were in vane until I found a few good coins. I recently was able to sell a small handful of pennies that were mainly errors and averaged $2.00 a penny. Considering today's economy, I realized a fairly decent rate of return with a guarantee not to fall below original purchase price--$.01 each!!!
For this reason and the fact that I find it relaxing, searching by hand is the way to go for me right now. But I know many of you find it relaxing to listen to the sound of the machine(s) doing the sorting for you. 
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 11/22/2008 : 11:18:27
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Nothing like the clink, clink, clink of a Ryedale.... Keep sorting any way you can. You never know what you might find.
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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