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theo
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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 Posted - 05/26/2009 : 13:51:00
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I picked up a quick $10 at a nearby bank and did not find I lousy copper penny! These pennies had various dates and most were very heavily circulated. Is it possible I stumbled into someones dumb bank? Also is it possible that the Feds are starting to pull copper pennies from circulation. I hope its the first one.
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Mikep2020
Penny Collector Member
USA
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Posted - 05/26/2009 : 14:53:59
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theo
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
588 Posts |
 Posted - 05/26/2009 : 15:04:38
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Originally posted by Mikep2020
Were they hand wrapped rolls or machine wrapped rolls?
Not sure. Probably machine wrapped. They were in those clear plastic shrink rolls; not paper. |
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Mikep2020
Penny Collector Member
USA
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Posted - 05/26/2009 : 15:33:40
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Ah, those are brinks rolls, you probably recieved a portion of someones dump that was sent to brinks to be re-rolled.
I'm noticing more and more people are sorting pennies on a small scale, I actually ran into a couple in a bank I visited for the first time who were picking up boxes at the same time I was picking up a box. I talked to them breifly in the parking lot and they've been sorting for coppers for a few years now and discovered this particular BOA branch in the only one in the area getting CWI boxes, while a majority of the other branches around get their boxes from brinks. They told me the CWI boxes yeild a higher percentage of copper and wheaties than the brinks boxes. Sure enough that box in particular I recieved, yeilded 32% coppers with 46 wheats, 2 in the teens, and 2 in the 20's. I think I found a new pickup bank!
I think its only a matter of time before skunk rolls and boxes start becoming the norm, instead of the exception. |
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theo
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
588 Posts |
Posted - 05/26/2009 : 19:22:38
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Yes, you are probably right. It was a surprise since I normally get between 25% and 30% from that bank. I'm just glad it wasn't an entire box.
Something that might even be more strange is that I picked up a Brinks box from another branch of the same bank a few weeks ago that gave me 90%+ copper and about one wheat every roll. I guess it all evens out. |
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Copper Catcher
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USA
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Posted - 05/26/2009 : 20:08:02
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| Getting skunked happens to all of us at one point in time. Feel lucky it was only $10...other have reported that happening to them with hundreds of dollars in pennies! |
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Posted - 05/27/2009 : 17:53:34
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| I normally get Brinks boxes and they are at least 20% copper with about 8 wheats per box. I've never been skunked on a Brinks box yet. The worst one I got was about 10% copper, the best one about 32% copper. |
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Metalophile
Penny Collector Member
USA
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Posted - 05/28/2009 : 00:53:36
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The only time I got skunked was when I was given an entire box of uncirculated 2008 pennies! I didn't notice until I got home. arrrgh!
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Posted - 05/28/2009 : 14:07:34
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| That's not skunked! BU OBW fed rolls of 2008's are worth at least 2x face! |
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