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cwgii
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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 Posted - 12/14/2008 : 11:38:45
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new toys, must play, learning curve.
useing the new counter, i sorted out 500 coin 'lots'. as i just sent out the whole hoard. i only had a couple thousand on hand.
500 ''counted'' pennies plus container weighed
1572 grams
1572
1574
1572
1584
1578
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1578
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highroller4321
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2648 Posts |
Posted - 12/14/2008 : 15:08:00
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Copper Penny Investing
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Lemon Thrower
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1588 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2008 : 12:20:42
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you should tare your scale.
place the empty container on the scale then hit the tare button to zero out the weight of the container.
then fill it with 500 coins and weigh. |
Buying:
Peace/Morgan G+ at $15.00
copper cents at 1.3X
wheat pennies at 3X
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cwgii
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
924 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2008 : 13:22:06
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like i said , learning curve. found out about the tare , after.
but..... if you always use the same pan. it makes the numbers still valid. . also learning the counter. , IIIIII counted out 50 and put them in the tube. so as to know if the machine screwed up again.
while it is an aide. i would never trust the machine to be accurate. |
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Posted - 12/15/2008 : 18:21:48
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Hi! New guy here. First, thanks all for the time-saving info! Good input here!
cwgii- Could I ask what scale you are using? Many scales are specifically built for counting many small parts. Other scales just measure weight, let you do the math, but are not counting scales. You need better than 2% accuracy- 1% preferred to accurately count 50 3.11 gram coins.
John |
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oober
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1304 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2008 : 18:25:07
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Being that I know a little about scales. There will be some variance, depending where you placed your coins on the scale, and the distribution of the weight on the load cell.
A counting scale would be a better scale for this measurement. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2008 : 19:59:39
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jwax, welcome. Any input you have would be much appreciated. Post well and post often.
Deal |
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Plain and simple.
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Posted - 12/16/2008 : 19:24:13
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Thanks Deal! I just hand sorted 11 pounds of accumulated pennies over the years. 33% yield of coppers, and 7 Wheaties. I learned, hand sorting sucks. Time to get mechanized, then it's off to the bank for more!
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - 12/17/2008 : 07:09:51
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quote:
Originally posted by jwax
Hi! New guy here. First, thanks all for the time-saving info! Good input here!
cwgii- Could I ask what scale you are using? Many scales are specifically built for counting many small parts. Other scales just measure weight, let you do the math, but are not counting scales. You need better than 2% accuracy- 1% preferred to accurately count 50 3.11 gram coins.
John
jwax.......Welcome.
Sort, post, sort, post, sort, post. Then repeat the process.
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