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Cody8404
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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 Posted - 04/30/2009 : 16:44:10
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Recently a relative died. Going through the house they found several coffee cans, bottles and other containers with coins, and several handfuls of wrapped cents. I stepped up and offered to sort and count it and pay cash for the value, which would most likely be more than the face value.
Most wanted to just turn them into the bank and count it and be done.
They all agreed. Most of the coins were from the 1960’s to the 1990’s. The only silver was one Morgan looking silver ounce.
Lastly I did the cents. In $15 rolls of cents about half were wheat ears, the other half were coppers and one roll was split between 1943 steel and Indian head cents.
This was the first time in my sorting I found any Indian heads, and only one roll before had I found a roll with no zincs.
The face value ended up being $174.75 I gave them $300. More than the bank would give them. It was really fun remembering.
I removed the few zinc cents and repackaged the whole lot and they are in my basement now. With any luck when I die someone else will go through it all again.
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Edited by - Cody8404 on 04/30/2009 16:50:59 |
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CoinHunter53562
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1805 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2009 : 18:03:39
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| Sorry to hear about your relative passsing away, but congrats on your finds! |
My hobby: collecting real money 1 copper cent or nickel at a time.
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magnasort
Penny Pincher Member
USA
174 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2009 : 20:18:19
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| Have you checked the copper and zinc for errors? This may have been why they were saved. |
Magnetic sorters, no moving parts except the coins |
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Mikep2020
Penny Collector Member
USA
402 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2009 : 07:53:42
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| Great find! I'd love to stumble upon someones old hoard of coins |
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jonflyfish
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
693 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2009 : 09:26:01
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| Good work |
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1112 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2009 : 16:06:00
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Sorry for your loss.
Glad to hear of your good finds! |
There's profit if you melt things!!
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
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 Posted - 05/01/2009 : 21:09:52
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Originally posted by Cody8404
Most wanted to just turn them into the bank and count it and be done.
This is exactly where "wild" indians (escaped indians) come from, and why we keep finding interesting and old coins. |
“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.
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coppernicus
Penny Collector Member
USA
383 Posts |
Posted - 05/02/2009 : 22:54:43
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| Great find! How many IH did you find? Let me know and I will add them to the 2009 IH totals. |
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Posted - 05/03/2009 : 07:49:27
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| A few days ago, I hit 610 wheats in one box! NO IH's. |
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 05/13/2009 : 14:07:38
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Sorry about the loss of your family member, but I am glad that you were able to convince everyone to let you search through the coins. I am sure it was a conflicting time in that you were reliving memories of the lost family member, yet creating happy new memories as you searched these coins.
Just today I decided to put aside three special coins that I have in my possession with a handwritten note for my son so that when something happens to me, he will know why these coins were special--not just old. And, perhaps, he will decide to keep them rather than just sell them at a coin shop.
Enjoy. |
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