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HoardCopperByTheTon
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USA
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 Posted - 05/07/2007 : 23:08:02
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Originally posted by pre-82
20 Rolls
193 Copper
2 Wheat
1 Canadian
Bad #'s didnt even break 200 copper !
Close but no Cigar.............
"To the uninformed, pocket change.
To the informed, an investment."
Close only counts in horseshoes, handgrenades... and nuclear weapons.
Sorting Percentages for today:
3 Bank wrapped rolls of pennies
41 Copper
27.3%
"Preserving coinage.. 2 tons at a time"
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 05/08/2007 : 10:12:41
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HoardCopperByTheTon,
Do you sort by hand or mechanically? Do you turn in the zincolns to the same places you buy? Seems like you are spending a lot of time and effort doing this. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2007 : 00:49:03
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Originally posted by Tourney64
HoardCopperByTheTon,
Do you sort by hand or mechanically? Do you turn in the zincolns to the same places you buy? Seems like you are spending a lot of time and effort doing this.
I suppose I do spend a bit of time and effort doing this.. but I actually enjoy it. There is the the thrill of the hunt in trying to find boxes of pennies. And how many hobbies can you play at all you want and yet you still have all your money?
Currently I sort by hand using a nice digital scale.. I can sort about a roll a minute this way. I am about ready to buy one of those Rydale machines though. I am much better at acquiring the pennies than I am at getting them sorted, so I have a huge backload of unsorted boxes of pennies in inventory right now. I really need one of those machines to get my #'s up. I think just catching up a little on getting my huge stash sorted will free up more than enough capital to pay for the machine. It is the last piece I really need for my system. Anyone that wants to do decent volume really needs to automate to whatever extent they can. The disposal end I have fully automated already. I have 2 Glory automatic wrapping machines that each roll about 10 rolls a minute. I turn them all in at one of my banks that I rarely get any pennies at. I also mark the top of the box with a Z in case I were to ever accidently get one back.
Buying report for today:
Washington Mutual - Richmond
3 Boxes Bank wrapped pennies
1 Box Customer wrapped pennies
I actually got all these sorted tonight - Usually I fall further behind.
Sorting percentages for today:
3 Boxes - All shiny new - no copper - These were certainly fast and easy to sort.
1 Box Customer wrapped pennies
475 Copper
6 Wheat
3 Canadian
19%
"Preserving coinage.. 2 tons at a time"
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 05/09/2007 : 17:27:46
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Thanks for sharing....I've put my penny acquisitions on hold until I get a sorting machine. My bank keeps providing me with pennies people have turned in. I have about 100 penny rolls to sort thru. I bought a coin comparitor to build a cheap model of the Ryedale machine. Hope to have a working sorter this weekend.
The cost of a Glory Coin sorting and rolling machine is in the thousands. What model, and what did you pay for yours? If you spent that kind of money on that machine why in the world wouldn't you buy the Ryedale sorter. |
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aloneibreak
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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Posted - 05/09/2007 : 21:10:07
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sorted $10 today
718 zincs
254 coppers
24 1982's
4 wheats
254/1000 = 25.4%
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2007 : 02:16:02
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Sorting Report for today:
20 Rolls Customer wrapped pennies
211 Copper
3 Wheat
21.1%
Buying Report for today:
Washington Mutual - Livermore
60 Rolls customer wrapped pennies
Free Bank Bag
Wells Fargo - Livermore
2 Boxes Bank wrapped pennies
"Preserving coinage.. 2 tons at a time"
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 05/11/2007 : 02:53:55
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Sorting Percentages for today:
16 rolls customer wrapped nickels
1 Silver nickel
Buying Report for today:
Comerica - Danville
12 Boxes Bank wrapped pennies
Bank of the West - Danville
Skunked - Nada
"Preserving coinage.. 2 tons at a time"
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Posted - 05/11/2007 : 16:15:40
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40 Rolls
294 Copper
1 Wheat
4 Canadian
Even with twice as many rolls.....Im still getting
poor #'s...
I hope this is luck of the draw and not a glimpse
into the future.
Maybe i'll go buy some silver that always seems taaa
put me in a better mood.........
OOooo....Even better maybe i'll go take out some
aggression at my local gun range.
YEAH ! Now that sounds like a plan.......
"To the uninformed, pocket change.
To the informed, an investment." |
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centsless
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 05/11/2007 : 18:11:01
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i got 20 rolls today:
302 copper. 3 canadian. among the copper were 10 wheat cents including a 1917 in good condition. i am new to this, but it is amazing to see how many uncirculated pennies there were in the years from about '81 - '90. i saw about 50 or so like that. some look like they just came out of the mint bag today. signs of the times i guess. people short on money are cashing in the pennies which they have had for years |
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c140cessna
Penny Collector Member
USA
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Posted - 05/12/2007 : 15:31:57
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Biggest US Copper week yet. Sorted 30 bank boxes ($750, 75,000 pennies) this week. 32% Copper content in overall population. I do not wheat sort....they are still in there...
Added another 165 lbs to my copper hoard. I am now just 100 lbs away from my first ton. Will start on Second Ton sometime next week.
My Ryedale Coin-artist has just processed it's 1 MILLIONTH coin in about 2 months of operation.
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2007 : 04:35:23
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I had a really good copper day today too.
Coin Buying Report for today:
Wells Fargo - Livermore - Where I am lucky to ever get 1 box
3 Boxes Bank wrapped pennies
1 Box Customer wrapped pennies - See sorting report below.
Sorting percentages for today:
22 Rolls Customer wrapped nickels
1 Copper Nickel Canadian
1 1977-S Proof
1 Box of Customer wrapped pennies acquired today
2322 Copper
15 Wheat
2 Canadian
92.88%!!! - I think that makes me the winner for the day.
To quote my favorite animated corpulant 3rd grader "Ssweeeeeeeeeeeeet!"
"Preserving coinage.. 2 tons at a time"
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Frugi
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USA
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horgad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 05/15/2007 : 07:21:24
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| I don't usually get hand rolled pennies as I don't want to spend the time visiting that many banks, but your finds sure are tempting me. In any case I am sorting 5+ Brinks boxes a week and I don't count coppers, but I can say that I typically get 1 wheat per 5-6 rolls. Last night, I got 41 wheats out of 50 rolls. It was by far my best box ever. Also had my best roll ever, 4/50 wheat. And lastly,I found my first ever steely. |
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Posted - 05/15/2007 : 18:23:14
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20 Rolls
215 Copper
4 Wheat
3 Canadian
1 Roosevelt Dime
WOooo...HOooo !
Doin a little better on my #'s
Hope i just Broke my Un-Lucky streak !
Knock on Wood * * *
"To the uninformed, pocket change.
To the informed, an investment." |
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SmallCHange
Penny Sorter Member
USA
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Posted - 05/16/2007 : 08:33:28
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20 Rolls from a Central NJ Bank - Figured I might as well join in
No phone or ID on the rolls so assume bank rolled
292 Copper
2 Wheat - 57, 52D
1 Two cent Euro - Never saw one before - seems slightly smaller than a penny
Has groove running around the rim around the entire edge of the coin
1 Roosevelt Clad Dime - discolored looking like a penny
29.2% Copper |
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