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Cody8404
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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Posted - 06/01/2009 : 13:20:48
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Hand sorting for me is fun, keeps what little sanity I have intact.
So far I haven't made a cent doing it. Well, I haven't traded any cents I have sorted for for cash. So far I have just collected them. |
Awake, O kings of the earth! Come ye, O, come ye, with your gold and your silver, to the help of my people, to the house of the daughters of Zion, to the help of the people of the God of this Land even Jesus Christ. |
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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 Posted - 06/02/2009 : 12:19:18
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Originally posted by sheba
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Originally posted by Silver Surfer
What motivates me as a hand sorter, other than the occasional rare find?
I sure agree with this comment! Specially after a visit to my local coin dealer today  . I hand sort as a hobby and to find, as Silver Surfer' mentioned, that 'possible' rare penny. It's relaxing to me, though I sure don't 'accumulate' at a very fast rate.
However, I have found some nice coins and the other day I found a really 'nice' penny. I always check the 1983s and 1984s, (and other possible error pennies). Never have found anything until a couple days ago. I picked up a well used 1984 penny and checked Mr. Lincoln's ear. And bingo!  there it was ... that ledgendary 'double ear lobe' ... couldn't be plainer even though it was well used. Not only was it well used, but the reverse top edge was quite badly corroded  I took it to my coin dealer today, and to make a long story short, walked out with a $50.00 bill.  That'll buy a lot more penny rolls to check!
That to me is the fun of it all ... the possibilites that exist. Surely there's still a 1914D or a 1922 no D or even a 1955 Double Die floating around out there Maybe one of those is waiting from me to open a .50 penny roll and find it!
Happy hand sorting to all who do that!
sheba
Sheba...you have proven the point very nicely that hand sorting is well worth your time. Congrats!
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scooter
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 06/03/2009 : 12:29:23
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Pennyworth
Penny Sorter Member
USA
83 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2009 : 00:57:09
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| When I hand sort I love looking for counter stamped cents and I have a very nice collection of them already. I don't care that they aren't worth anything; I just enjoy finding them. I also love pulling wheats and trying to fill up my book. I also found my first Indian Head cent this year and that was VERY exciting! I have a lot of copper saved up and now I am rolling and boxing it to actually find out how much I have accumulated. In the near future I will be offering my boxed copper cents here on the forum. I have 6 boxes rolled already and a LOT more to go. |
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Cody8404
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2009 : 15:22:32
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Talk about opening a can of worms.
I think we can agree for many of us hand sorting is definately worth it. |
Awake, O kings of the earth! Come ye, O, come ye, with your gold and your silver, to the help of my people, to the house of the daughters of Zion, to the help of the people of the God of this Land even Jesus Christ. |
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Posted - 06/04/2009 : 22:03:19
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| I hand sort. It is really relaxing and its fun to find wheats and older BU coins. I don't sort too much but I have put away a decent amount of copper. I'm also slowly putting together a set of BU Memorial cents from circulation. |
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Is it worth to hand sort?
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