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theo
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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 Posted - 06/07/2009 : 15:00:11
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Poll Question:
I'm curious. How do you store your copper pennies?
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Edited by - theo on 06/07/2009 15:03:13 |
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Posted - 06/07/2009 : 16:22:22
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| In empty $25 (2500 cents) boxes that come from Brinks or other coin wrapping service companies. The banks who receive them throw them out after opening them up, so they don't mind saving them for me. They are good for storage purposes. |
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Silver Surfer
Penny Pincher Member
USA
148 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2009 : 20:07:07
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| I've only been sorting for 3 months. I keep the wheat cents in plastic tubes. The rest of the copper cents go in plastic coffee containers. |
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of it's victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busy-bodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." - C.S. Lewis |
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oober
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1304 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2009 : 20:21:32
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| Wheats, BU's in rolls, everything else in sealed 50lbs bags... |
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
2212 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2009 : 20:51:03
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| I have to say cloths bag I have a bunch extra from the coins I get because I sent them back loose being the bank that I dump at recounts everything |
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Bart
Penny Pincher Member
Canada
120 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2009 : 21:09:22
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| I've got my pennys in empty Milk Bone dog treat buckets. They stack nicely but you can't use the plastic handles to move them around. I've got to make some room in the basement as the Misses is worried about floor joists in my den |
Nice. Yes. Very nice. |
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1664 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2009 : 21:56:05
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| keep mine in 5 gallon buckets and kitty litter boxes i get from a family member |
Inquiring minds want to know |
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Market Harmony
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1274 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2009 : 22:04:32
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Since I get $25 boxes to sort, I reuse them and just toss the loose cents into a penny box. I put enough in each so that every box has exactly 15 pounds of cents in each. I then tape it shut so they don't fall apart and so nothing escapes.
They are easy to stack, and it's easy to count how much I have. |
goto the new and improved realcent: http://realcent.org |
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Gr33nday43
New Member
Uzbekistan
10 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2009 : 22:38:01
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| Like market harmony, I also store loose cents in $25 dollar boxes. |
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Computer Jones
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1112 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2009 : 22:45:52
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| 1/2 gallon plastic milk containers. |
There's profit if you melt things!!
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jacer333
Penny Pincher Member
USA
119 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2009 : 00:13:12
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Right now I am just using whatever decent sized quality plastic container is around. I have some in folger's coffee containers and some in gallon orange juice jugs. Working on a kitty litter tub right now...
I might start going to the $25 boxes though, those would stack well and be easy to move. |
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Gr33nday43
New Member
Uzbekistan
10 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2009 : 00:29:04
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| A word of caution to anyone who uses those gallon juice containers...It is very very hard to get the coins out in a reasonable amount of time. Think 5 minutes of constant shaking. |
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simplicitycounts
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
535 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2009 : 00:45:57
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| Gr33nday43, just take a utility knive and go all the way around the top of the bottle. Beats the heck out of shaking them. |
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jacer333
Penny Pincher Member
USA
119 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2009 : 00:54:59
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| I wasn't planning on removing them for some time...and if I did I wouldn't think twice about slashing the jug to save my time and energy |
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Gr33nday43
New Member
Uzbekistan
10 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2009 : 01:18:50
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| It would be a lot easier to just use something that doesn't have a narrow lid. But a utility knife would work, also. |
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Pennyworth
Penny Sorter Member
USA
83 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2009 : 02:39:20
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| I have been keeping my copper pennies in a 5 gallon bucket. Since I filled it, I've been rolling the copper pennies and storing them in the penny bank boxes. I like to know how much I actually have. |
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buyingsilvers
Penny Collector Member
441 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2009 : 05:54:05
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In $25 boxes, stacked.
The bonus behind storing them in a huge container is that any thief would have a very difficult time trying to steal it. Smaller lots are much more transportable. |
Edited by - buyingsilvers on 06/08/2009 05:54:47 |
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G Powerbuck
Penny Collector Member
USA
256 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2009 : 08:26:14
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| I also store my 1959-1981 in the $25 boxes. When I have 15 pounds I seal the box and then I stack them. I also store all 1982's in a separate $25 box. While going through I also pull out all the wheaties and put them in plastic tubes, sorted by year, and when I fill a plastic tube with 50, I roll it, mark it, and put it in a shoebox. |
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vrbsroma
Penny Collector Member
394 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2009 : 10:08:55
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Originally posted by buyingsilvers
In $25 boxes, stacked.
The bonus behind storing them in a huge container is that any thief would have a very difficult time trying to steal it. Smaller lots are much more transportable.
Honestly, I think the chances are pretty slim for a thief to steal a ton of coppers. Perhaps if silver, this may be a better deterrent, but then it would be worth the effort.
I store mine ROLLED (I have a mid-grade Royal Sovereign machine) in the $25 boxes. |
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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3 Blue Stars
Penny Sorter Member
USA
76 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2009 : 10:45:18
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| Ziplock bags of 1,500. Twelve to an old kitty litter pail. |
You're kidding, right? |
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harley1
Penny Pincher Member
140 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2009 : 11:43:54
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| 3675=25 lbs in doubled up one gallon ziploc bags,three wide,stack as high as you want.easy to do,and easy to transport if need be in the future |
Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday. |
Edited by - harley1 on 06/10/2009 11:45:04 |
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2533 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2009 : 12:56:10
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Pennies? Who is saving pennies?
Ya'll need to send them to me so I can properly dispose of them. Coppers only please.
I have an empty swimming pool that I am trying to fill. |
You don't have to be the BEST you just have to be.......SLICK
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Posted - 07/21/2009 : 19:44:38
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I store mine in bags of 1,000 in sealed buckets in my basemnt
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Copper Catcher
Administrator
USA
2092 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2009 : 20:23:07
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| Canvas bags.... |
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sheba
Penny Pincher Member
USA
191 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2009 : 23:16:01
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Plastic 5 gallon pail .... but I can see that moving it when full will be a problem 
sheba |
woof ... wag ... whine |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - 07/22/2009 : 06:20:45
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Originally posted by slickeast
Pennies? Who is saving pennies?
Ya'll need to send them to me so I can properly dispose of them. Coppers only please.
I have an empty swimming pool that I am trying to fill.
The Scrooge syndrome huh? You want to swim in them too? I also throw them out back by the handful....
Deal |
Live free or die.
Plain and simple.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
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