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nocentsisnonsense
New Member
USA
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 Posted - 05/30/2009 : 08:59:32
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hello i am new to this site but not to coin collecting. I have read alot of the posts on here and had to join. I am married with one 2 1/2 year old & live in indiana. I just got into collecting pennies here in the last year. Before pennies i collected silver..silver and more silver... and still do. I hand sort and love every minute of it. At this time i really dont want a penny sorter because i could miss out on looking for die errors and other random coins. I hear about people who found IHP, 1909's and others..but i havent heard of anyone findiing a proof. I found a 1998 S proof penny in a 25 dollar brinks box and was wondering if this was a common thing?
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G Powerbuck
Penny Collector Member
USA
256 Posts |
Posted - 05/30/2009 : 09:01:28
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Welcome its always great to have new people join.
I don't think its too common to find proof pennies. In half dollars its not way to uncommon but in pennies I have only found one proof after about 20 boxes sorted. |
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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 05/30/2009 : 09:35:52
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Welcome to the club.
I have one proof penny I have found hand sorting, and about half a dozen proof nickels and about 30 proof halves.
Proof pennies are not common.
Several die errors in pennies though. |
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
3788 Posts |
Posted - 05/30/2009 : 09:45:35
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| 1 Cdn proof nickel - 1986. Never a proof penny. |
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2212 Posts |
Posted - 05/30/2009 : 09:50:02
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| Glad that you join this maddness. Hope you have many good years of searching. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 05/30/2009 : 10:35:30
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Welcome. Proof are not too common of finds. Keep up the search!
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Plain and simple.
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SANITARIUM_INMATE
Penny Pincher Member
211 Posts |
Posted - 05/30/2009 : 10:36:21
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| Welcome to the club. These ladies and gentlemen are great people. I have never found a wild injun or a wild proof. I'd give up all the stuff I've found to find my first indian cent. That's a rare group to be in here, and even more exclusive is the 1 ton club. That will take a while since I too hand sort. |
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Corsair
Penny Hoarding Member
811 Posts |
Posted - 05/30/2009 : 14:37:37
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| Welcome, and enjoy. I hate that I haven't found a proof. I've found more steel pennies, Indian Heads, foreign silver coins, plastic pennies, goop, dimes, nickels, Canadians and metal slugs than I have proofs. I'm going to start a "Proof Pennies Don't Exist in the Wild" club. |
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highroller4321
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2648 Posts |
Posted - 05/30/2009 : 14:59:07
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| Welcome to the forum! No proof coins are very common in pennies. I havent found any...yet |
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coppernicus
Penny Collector Member
USA
383 Posts |
Posted - 05/30/2009 : 15:01:50
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| I have found one proof penny and one proof nickel in the wild, since that is less than indian heads or buffalo nickels that I have found, they seem to be pretty rare. |
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jacer333
Penny Pincher Member
USA
119 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2009 : 01:48:29
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| Welcome to realcent....good to meet a fellow newbie. I jumped into penny collecting and hoarding in the last few months and have really enjoyed it, hope you do too! |
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oober
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1304 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2009 : 07:16:05
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| I have found 1 proof cent in 100lbs copper of hand sorting, |
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nocentsisnonsense
New Member
USA
16 Posts |
Posted - 05/31/2009 : 10:56:15
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| I have only found 1 IHP and the proof. Besides that all i find is wheats, canadian, and S mints. Where does everyone find halves to sort? Do you ever find 90 or 40%? |
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2009 : 12:37:17
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Nocentsisnonsense.......Welcome and continue to enjoy your hand searching of coins.
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Kurr
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2906 Posts |
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Neckro
1000+ Penny Miser Member
Saudi Arabia
2080 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2009 : 12:52:28
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jonflyfish
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
693 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2009 : 12:53:10
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Welcome friend. Don't live anywhere close to you but this forum brings us all into the same room in a jiffy.
Cheers |
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wagsthadog
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
565 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2009 : 12:22:24
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Hi there-
Never found a proof, but several AU cents. Also found 3 IH's to date, a 1909 VDB, and a 1933 Canadian. Went through a LOT of boxes to get them.
Not doing silver roll hunting as much- a little too much work for too little reward. Focusing more on pennies. Finding one 2009 penny box will net as much or more than 3 months of silver roll hunting. Ties up less money too. JMO.
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Only when they CAN'T have it, ......THEN they'll want it.
I love Cents. If you get an UNC box, you win. If you get a regular circ. box, you win. If you get a zinc box, you don't lose....so you still win. |
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vrbsroma
Penny Collector Member
394 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2009 : 14:12:38
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Welcome!
I've never found a proof cent (then again, I don't really know what to look for, other than the shiny ones). I found a few proof halves though. |
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