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jadedragon
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Canada
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 Posted - 05/18/2009 : 20:36:29
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America is addicted to plastic! Now it's even showing up in coin rolls and bags.
Plastic pennies sell for more then copper pennies, plus they melt easier.
Post all your plastic coin finds here.
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highroller4321
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2648 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2009 : 20:39:11
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| I have found 2 this year. 1 that is gray in color and 1 that is copper in color |
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1664 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2009 : 21:13:37
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| i have found 1 this year |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2009 : 21:43:30
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| I have 2 this year. Both copper in color from CWR. |
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
3788 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2009 : 22:23:34
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| HCBTT will have the most I'm guessing. This thread is a little bit of a joke... but hey great response and quick! Realcent members love to track stuff. |
“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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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2533 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2009 : 22:46:34
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1 copper colored plastic penny. Was in a CWR along with a 5 Euro and a PGA Tour token.
I buy bags as much as possible. Found flattened pennies, nickels, dimes, and today a quarter in bags off of machines.
I think that some of the fun is finding weird stuff. Once found a quarter in a roll of halves. (Fed Box)
I enjoy reading other people finds...I laugh when I find mine.
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vrbsroma
Penny Collector Member
394 Posts |
Posted - 05/19/2009 : 15:16:29
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| What do you mean by "plastic penny?" I mean, it's kind of self-explanatory, but I picture the small "gold" colored ones that come in packs of children's play money. Is this what you're all referring to? Some one "accidentally" put a fake plastic coin in a roll? Or are we talking mint error coins? THAT would be weird... |
As far as I know, it is stated "In God We Trust" on the US dollar. How can I trust this currency if I do not believe in God?
Possession is nine-tenths of the law.
When I give my two cents, they're always copper! |
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jonflyfish
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
693 Posts |
Posted - 05/19/2009 : 15:24:02
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| Wow- just saw this thread. Have a total of 7 found this year after a fresh one found early this afternoon at the scan coin lobby machine during a nickel dump. |
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Kurr
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1664 Posts |
Posted - 05/19/2009 : 16:14:22
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vrbsroma
we are talking about play money that you buy for kids |
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
3788 Posts |
Posted - 05/19/2009 : 21:55:27
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| Plastic money is also made for training bank tellers, casino employees etc. You can order your own plastic pennies for $3.49 per 100 at You must be logged in to see this link. So the melt on a plastic penny is more then the melt value for a copper penny. |
“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.
Why Copper Bullion ~~~ Interview with Silver Bullion Producer Market Harmony
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buyingsilvers
Penny Collector Member
441 Posts |
Posted - 05/19/2009 : 22:29:05
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Originally posted by jadedragon
Plastic money is also made for training bank tellers, casino employees etc. You can order your own plastic pennies for $3.49 per 100 at You must be logged in to see this link. So the melt on a plastic penny is more then the melt value for a copper penny.
I should find out where hoard lives and dump a couple thousand into his penny stream. Of course he might retaliate by dumping a few tons of zinc in mine.  |
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
3788 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2009 : 10:21:32
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I've been sorting through my box of misc finds from rolls.
Found 1 plastic Canada 1 Cent with maple twigs. Face has a stylize queen and the words "School Money". Canadian plastic money has to be rarer then American plastic money!
I also found a plastic token with various Christian sayings on it. |
“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.
Why Copper Bullion ~~~ Interview with Silver Bullion Producer Market Harmony
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1664 Posts |
Posted - 05/23/2009 : 00:51:53
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Not a plastic penny but i did get a washer today. it was in a bank box. the ryedale spit it right out. I am glad it didnt jam |
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2212 Posts |
Posted - 05/23/2009 : 08:11:37
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| I found one when I was hand sorting but not one for this year. |
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coppernicus
Penny Collector Member
USA
383 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2009 : 08:06:00
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I have found two plastic pennied within the last week:(
One is a 1991 D mint, the other has no date or mint |
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Market Harmony
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1274 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2009 : 08:07:55
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| I have only one from a while ago... I never thought that many people would be finding these. |
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Posted - 05/24/2009 : 08:31:19
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| One so far. The brown variety. |
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JP_007
Penny Sorter Member
USA
58 Posts |
Posted - 05/29/2009 : 05:26:07
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| Found 2 brown, both in OBW |
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Pennyworth
Penny Sorter Member
USA
83 Posts |
Posted - 06/01/2009 : 17:07:03
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| I found one plastic penny last month and I threw it in the garbage. lol |
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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 06/01/2009 : 18:45:21
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I found 2 this year.
Aren't these thing about 2.5c each? |
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magnasort
Penny Pincher Member
USA
174 Posts |
Posted - 06/01/2009 : 20:11:36
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| Who is buying for 2.5c each. I have found about a dozen, mostly silver/grey plastic ones and a few coppery colored. My boy has also has a cash register gift that came with plastic which he promptly dumped and now is loaded with all denom coins P N D Q H D Ike plus paper. |
Magnetic sorters, no moving parts except the coins |
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
3788 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2009 : 05:10:39
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Originally posted by magnasort
Who is buying for 2.5c each. I have found about a dozen, mostly silver/grey plastic ones and a few coppery colored. My boy has also has a cash register gift that came with plastic which he promptly dumped and now is loaded with all denom coins P N D Q H D Ike plus paper.
So your boy dumped all his plastic money into circulation - that explains this thread LOL.
If you look up a few posts you can see where I posted a link to a site selling them for 3.49 cents each.
HCBTT might have it right we could collect plastic by date and mint marks. |
“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.
Why Copper Bullion ~~~ Interview with Silver Bullion Producer Market Harmony
Passive Income blog |
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2533 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2009 : 07:21:14
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I looked at the plastic penny I found a while back.....It is a double die.
I looked it up in the "underground" Redbook ...Plastic Mint Edition.
It is worth 9 cents in BU, Mine looks to be a G4...value = -.01 |
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JerrySpringer
Penny Hoarding Member
669 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2009 : 09:28:35
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| I found one the other day. A 2003 one too. The CWRs it came from were all missing one cent each too. After the eighth roll having 49 cents in it, I thought, geez, how could they justify a plastic penny too? Are people hard up for money that they would shortchange a bank a penny per roll? I guess that is an automatic 2% yield on your money. Maybe they figure they could do something like that and nobody would notice? |
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Copper Catcher
Administrator
USA
2092 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2009 : 09:35:41
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| LOL, on the double die comment eariler. I found a plastic one last year. I like finding the odd ball stuff in the mix. It is neat to find stamped coins as well and the various world coins. I really like the starfish penny from the Bahamas. |
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