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simplicitycounts
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
535 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2008 : 00:43:34
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| I purchase the plastic sterilite bins from walmart that are shoe box size for 97 Cents. They hold 43 pounds of copper pennies. I have different ones to sort wheats, canadian varieties, & plain old coppers. |
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eharrison
Penny Pincher Member
USA
234 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2008 : 01:29:35
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anything free and with a lid.
(i.e. jars) |
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2008 : 08:00:12
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| I store them in baseball card boxes I get from the local baseball card store. 2000 cents fit nicely in a 660-count card box. The boxes are sturdy and they stack very well, and they are cheap (something like 35 cents each). 800-count boxes work well too if you want to store them at the 2500 count level. |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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WilliamC
Penny Collector Member
USA
471 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2008 : 09:17:11
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So far I've got 4 cat liter pails with ~100 lbs each, and 6 canvas bags with ~50 lbs each.
I ordered 3000 cartridge penny rolls from generalbanksupply.com and eventually I'll sort through some of my copper for wheats and roll the rest up for sale.
I like the canvas bags best since I can actually pick them up and carry them. These days I'm too wimped out to be toting 100 lb pails around.
But I have cats, and they are convenient so long as I don't have to move them. |
Sorting In Northwest Mississippi |
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magnasort
Penny Pincher Member
USA
174 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2008 : 12:05:39
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Bank bags, plastic coffee cans with handle easy to carry at 22 pounds zinc.
Lots of free coffee cans at the office watering hole.
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Magnetic sorters, no moving parts except the coins |
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PennehChaos.
Penny Collector Member
USA
269 Posts |
 Posted - 04/30/2008 : 12:38:26
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Originally posted by HoardCopperByTheTon
You could get a cat. It could help you sort. Mine is always sticking her paws in my sorting bins and dragging out the pennies. I think she is just trying to help. Of course seems to drag pennies all over the house, and then I get in trouble for it.
Cats are erratic critters... one of mine has taken a liking to certain penny rolls (individual rolls)... He yanked one out of a Brinks box and was playing with it (trying to kick it open). i took it away and put it back in the box... and he took the same roll again. i finally closed the box and he went to sleep. And i can't leave penny condoms around, because another cat will try to eat them. Sigh.
On the subject of postal supplies that can't be used for mailing (oops!), with some tape reinforcement, the smaller boxes are good for storage, can be stacked, and you can even get them delivered to your house for free! While they lack convenient carry handles, and aren't water-tight, free is my kinda price 
Unfortunately, i've found that the best litter to use for the cats is Arm & Hammer, which comes in a cardboard box... The ones that come in plastic bins are either too dusty or too expensive. |
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Posted - 04/30/2008 : 17:42:09
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When I first started sorting in February I used canvas bags to store the copper in. I quickly ran out of these and have since switched over to plastic bags. They are pretty strong and hold $50 quite nicely. They stack well, too.
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Copper Catcher
Administrator
USA
2092 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2008 : 19:59:08
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| Cloth bank bags......$50 per bag. |
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WilliamC
Penny Collector Member
USA
471 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2008 : 20:31:10
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THAT is quite the hoard there lumofny.
Looks like it's well over $5,000.
And it looks like you've got plenty of room to store more too.
I'm not even to $1,000 yet and am out of space in my closet where I've been storing them.
This weekend I'll probably relocate them to my outside carport room, the pails at least.
The canvass bags I'll keep inside.
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Posted - 04/30/2008 : 20:35:03
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Originally posted by WilliamC
THAT is quite the hoard there lumofny.
Looks like it's well over $5,000.
And it looks like you've got plenty of room to store more too.
I'm not even to $1,000 yet and am out of space in my closet where I've been storing them.
This weekend I'll probably relocate them to my outside carport room, the pails at least.
The canvass bags I'll keep inside.
I built a room especially for coin sorting/counting/wrapping/hoarding. I thought in February I'd have enough room to last me a year. Turns out I underestimated. The pictures are of one corner and by the end of next week I'll have filled up the room - going to have to expand to the rest of the basement... |
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WilliamC
Penny Collector Member
USA
471 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2008 : 20:41:23
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At the level you're at maybe a vault is in your future?
I noticed a Buffalo, New York canvass bag, so I am relived to know you are nowhere near me ;)
You sir, are a sorting madman! |
Sorting In Northwest Mississippi |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2008 : 20:48:45
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Originally posted by lanispet
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On the subject of postal supplies that can't be used for mailing (oops!), with some tape reinforcement, the smaller boxes are good for storage, can be stacked, and you can even get them delivered to your house for free! While they lack convenient carry handles, and aren't water-tight, free is my kinda price
I've heard some people use those big plastic postal bin totes that come with handles.  |
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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JSutter
Penny Pincher Member
214 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2008 : 21:17:54
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| I'm ripping the drywall out of my bathroom and stashing them in $25 Brinks boxes 2 deep inside the walls then putting the drywall back in. Well hidden and it should make the walls bulletproof in case the Feds show up for my hoard. |
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knibloe
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1066 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2008 : 22:53:33
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| I don't recommend using milk jugs. The plastic is not durable and will eventuslly crack. That would make quite a mess. The best plastic bottles to use are the PETE bottles (look on the bottom). They are durable, and air and moisture will not penetrate the plastic. Milk jugs do "breath" a little |
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lilyrdape
Penny Pincher Member
USA
152 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2008 : 22:56:17
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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2555 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2008 : 23:14:12
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Originally posted by lumofny
When I first started sorting in February I used canvas bags to store the copper in. I quickly ran out of these and have since switched over to plastic bags. They are pretty strong and hold $50 quite nicely. They stack well, too.
Pictures edited out.
Where do you get those bags/what are they?
I bought coin transport bags that I've been putting coppers in. And putting zincs in for return. I would hate to confuse the two, but if I had 2 different kinds of bags.... It couldnt happen. |
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eharrison
Penny Pincher Member
USA
234 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2008 : 00:43:18
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| holy french toast bat man. I know that is not the biggest hoard on the forum but.....wow. to see it is staggering. |
Freedom is popular
That's why I voted
Ron Paul! |
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NDFARMER
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1197 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2008 : 07:17:40
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Originally posted by WilliamC
THAT is quite the hoard there lumofny.
Looks like it's well over $5,000.
And it looks like you've got plenty of room to store more too.
I'm not even to $1,000 yet and am out of space in my closet where I've been storing them.
This weekend I'll probably relocate them to my outside carport room, the pails at least.
The canvass bags I'll keep inside.
If all the bags in both pictures are copper there is over $10,000.00 there.
Moboman you say you started in February. I am impressed. I started about the same time and have been working quite hard at it, almost like a part time job and I only have a ton and a half put away. You're copper percentage must be quite high?
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jorhyne
Penny Pincher Member
174 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2008 : 07:23:36
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
 Posted - 05/01/2008 : 10:27:05
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Originally posted by jorhyne
Does anyone know approximately how many loose coppers fit back into a $25 Brinks box?
For me it is about 2000, but there are others that can shake them up and down and side to side and get all 2500 back in.  |
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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jpf231
Penny Collector Member
USA
340 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2008 : 11:04:02
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| I can fit $900 of sorted copper mems into an 18 gallon tucker tote ($3-4 each at Target or wherever - don't care for Walmart although China's economy does need us - hah) then I roll them and box and label them. |
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2008 : 11:24:17
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thats how i store my coppers is loose in the $25 box. put 1000 in shake it around put another 1000 in shake it some more then top it off with 500. shake it back into a neat brick shape and tape it up tight.
i rolled them for the first few boxes but this way is much quicker and they still stack neatly. |
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PennehChaos.
Penny Collector Member
USA
269 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2008 : 14:13:09
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Originally posted by JSutter
I'm ripping the drywall out of my bathroom and stashing them in $25 Brinks boxes 2 deep inside the walls then putting the drywall back in. Well hidden and it should make the walls bulletproof in case the Feds show up for my hoard.
Ooh, i like that idea... But tell me, how does the copper compare to tinfoil with regards to keeping out the spy and mind-control satellites?
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Considering Verizon Business service? Perhaps you'd like to consider a nice drain cleaner enema instead? |
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moboman
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2555 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2008 : 21:49:09
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Originally posted by NDFARMER
Moboman you say you started in February. I am impressed. I started about the same time and have been working quite hard at it, almost like a part time job and I only have a ton and a half put away. You're copper percentage must be quite high?
That's not my hoard, I was just wondering what those bags are/where you get them from.
I am storing mine in bank travel bags right now, and I'm afraid a bag of coppers might "travel" back to the bank with the zinc return. |
"99% of all lawyers give the rest of them a bad name"
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
3788 Posts |
Posted - 06/26/2008 : 03:41:29
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Bump... What a fantastically informative thread from before I joined. Hopefully other newer members will find these ideas helpful.
I started by rerolling the coins and putting them back into boxes. Too time consuming though.
I just switched to smaller Rubbermaid Roughneck totes with handles. Less then $4 each, easy to find, and consistantly made and in stock at various stores. Nearly full of coin I can just carry them. They stack securely as long as all the ones under the top one are pretty full.
I color coded golden brown for Pennies and blue for Nickels. Maybe will add a silver one someday :)
With appropriate labeling on the end I now store "raw mix", partially sorted mixes (ie all US zinc pulled, or mixed US/Can Cu), refinded coin, loose dump coin and even empty wrappers for reuse in the future. They are also easy to scoop out of (unlike the jars I was using for a while) and don't spill easy or rip (unlike the bags I played with). |
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