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jadedragon
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Canada
3788 Posts

Posted - 05/18/2009 :  20:36:29  Show Profile Send jadedragon a Private Message
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.

“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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highroller4321
1000+ Penny Miser Member



USA
2648 Posts

Posted - 05/18/2009 :  20:39:11  Show Profile Send highroller4321 a Private Message
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  Show Profile Send daviscfad a Private Message
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  Show Profile Send Tourney64 a Private Message
I have 2 this year. Both copper in color from CWR.
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jadedragon
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Canada
3788 Posts

Posted - 05/18/2009 :  22:23:34  Show Profile Send jadedragon a Private Message
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  Show Profile Send slickeast a Private Message
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.

You don't have to be the BEST you just have to be.......SLICK

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vrbsroma
Penny Collector Member



394 Posts

Posted - 05/19/2009 :  15:16:29  Show Profile Send vrbsroma a Private Message
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  Show Profile  Send jonflyfish a Yahoo! Message Send jonflyfish a Private Message
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



2906 Posts

Posted - 05/19/2009 :  15:32:07  Show Profile Send Kurr a Private Message
I found about 3 or 4 this year. One was really wierd, stamped 1984 but did not say play or replica or anything. Looked like a perfect plastic penny.


The silver [is] mine, and the gold [is] mine, saith the LORD of hosts. Hag 2:8 [/b]
He created it. He controls it. He gave it to us for His use. Why did we turn from sound scriptural currency that PROTECTS us?

KJV Bible w/ Strong's Concordance: http://www.blueletterbible.org/
The book of The Hundreds: http://www.land.netonecom.net/tlp/ref/boh/bookOfTheHundreds_v4.1.pdf
The Two Republics: http://www.whitehorsemedia.com/docs/THE_TWO_REPUBLICS.pdf
Good reading: http://ecclesia.org/truth/government.html

A number of people are educated beyond, sometimes way beyond, their intelligence. - Tenbears

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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member



USA
1664 Posts

Posted - 05/19/2009 :  16:14:22  Show Profile Send daviscfad a Private Message
vrbsroma

we are talking about play money that you buy for kids

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jadedragon
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Canada
3788 Posts

Posted - 05/19/2009 :  21:55:27  Show Profile Send jadedragon a Private Message
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.
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buyingsilvers
Penny Collector Member



441 Posts

Posted - 05/19/2009 :  22:29:05  Show Profile Send buyingsilvers a Private Message
quote:
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
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Canada
3788 Posts

Posted - 05/21/2009 :  10:21:32  Show Profile Send jadedragon a Private Message
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
Passive Income blog
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member



USA
1664 Posts

Posted - 05/23/2009 :  00:51:53  Show Profile Send daviscfad a Private Message
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  Show Profile  Send dakota1955 a Yahoo! Message Send dakota1955 a Private Message
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  Show Profile Send coppernicus a Private Message
I have found two plastic pennied within the last week:(
One is a 1991 D mint, the other has no date or mint

Edited by - coppernicus on 05/24/2009 12:44:50
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Market Harmony
1000+ Penny Miser Member



USA
1274 Posts

Posted - 05/24/2009 :  08:07:55  Show Profile Send Market Harmony a Private Message
I have only one from a while ago... I never thought that many people would be finding these.

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n/a
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478 Posts

Posted - 05/24/2009 :  08:31:19  Show Profile Send n/a a Private Message
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  Show Profile Send JP_007 a Private Message
Found 2 brown, both in OBW
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Pennyworth
Penny Sorter Member

USA
83 Posts

Posted - 06/01/2009 :  17:07:03  Show Profile Send Pennyworth a Private Message
I found one plastic penny last month and I threw it in the garbage. lol
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fb101
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USA
2856 Posts

Posted - 06/01/2009 :  18:45:21  Show Profile Send fb101 a Private Message
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  Show Profile Send magnasort a Private Message
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
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Canada
3788 Posts

Posted - 06/02/2009 :  05:10:39  Show Profile Send jadedragon a Private Message
quote:
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  Show Profile Send slickeast a Private Message
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

You don't have to be the BEST you just have to be.......SLICK

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JerrySpringer
Penny Hoarding Member



669 Posts

Posted - 06/07/2009 :  09:28:35  Show Profile Send JerrySpringer a Private Message
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
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USA
2092 Posts

Posted - 06/07/2009 :  09:35:41  Show Profile Send Copper Catcher a Private Message
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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