How many pennies do you have?

[Copper Catcher]

I'm catching all that I can I guess the real question is: How much is enough

[ScottyTX]

I'm guessing Adam Highroller But he has a unique situation lol
I'd say I have approx 500K

Is this a good start?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... ESELX%3AIT

And yes this is my auction.

Holy be umm wahh grr.... I had no idea you guys were swinging that much capital around for the business. Geeze I know what I'll be dreaming of tonight. Swimming in McScrooge's gold.. I mean Adam's copper vault.

Scotty

[HoardCopperByTheTon]

I just weighed a box before emptying it. One full box of 2400 pennies weighs 10 pounds. If you have 400 pounds of pennies; then you will have filled up 40 of my boxes @ 2400 each. This gives you $24.00 per box x 40 boxes = $960.00 in pennies or 96000 pennies. Just think how exhausting it would be to have to move that many boxes.

What are you filling them with, zinc? 10 pounds sounds kind of light.. that should come out to about 16 pounds just for 2400 coppers not counting the box. One full box of copper cents including the box and paper weighs 17.1 pounds.

[ScottyTX]

I just weighed a box before emptying it. One full box of 2400 pennies weighs 10 pounds. If you have 400 pounds of pennies; then you will have filled up 40 of my boxes @ 2400 each. This gives you $24.00 per box x 40 boxes = $960.00 in pennies or 96000 pennies. Just think how exhausting it would be to have to move that many boxes.

I just moved 80 boxes out of the closet the other day. Sure it's loads... of fun or something!?!

[Rodebaugh]

I'm guessing Adam Highroller But he has a unique situation lol
I'd say I have approx 500K

Is this a good start?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... ESELX%3AIT

And yes this is my auction.

Well if one is not enough for you there are two lots avaliable......holy (insert curseword here ) Adam.

I mean WOW. No wonder my %'s have been going down

[Rodebaugh]

Has coinflation linked to the auction yet.....they should.......jade can make it happen....he is in with the guy that runs that site pretty well.

once again wow!

[Roadrunner]

Do you mean total pennies or only coppers?

Total Pennies: around 169K

Coppers: around 162K

and very impressive highroller!! I noticed you have *2* available!!

[highroller4321]

Has coinflation linked to the auction yet.....they should.......jade can make it happen....he is in with the guy that runs that site pretty well.

once again wow!

No Alec at coinflation has not linked it yet. I am hopeing that he does so because that is the main reason I put the auction on ebay. I really don't expect them to sell on there. Plus if someone was interested in that amount they would be much better off buying them directly from me.

[mcsusanquilts]

I just weighed a box before emptying it. One full box of 2400 pennies weighs 10 pounds. If you have 400 pounds of pennies; then you will have filled up 40 of my boxes @ 2400 each. This gives you $24.00 per box x 40 boxes = $960.00 in pennies or 96000 pennies. Just think how exhausting it would be to have to move that many boxes.

What are you filling them with, zinc? 10 pounds sounds kind of light.. that should come out to about 16 pounds just for 2400 coppers not counting the box. One full box of copper cents including the box and paper weighs 17.1 pounds.

I save all of the pennies. Zinc and copper. My boxes are only 6" high x 8" long x 4" wide. I glued thick and thin cardboard to the inside to hold the weight. I use thin cardboard to seperate the miniature money bags.

[johnbrickner]

Thought I'd pull this one out of the archives and give everyone a chance to see and post any changes they have made over the years.

Looks like I average one box of copper about every 2-3 months from when I first posted as a total noob.

[HPMBTT]

Answer to the OP: Not enough. "Just a little bit more......"

[reddirtcoins]

Not enough..

+1 (best answer)

[slickeast]

I just checked. I had 7 pennies in my pocket

[Sheba]

Ummmmm .... there's 2500 pennies in a standard bank box, right? (25.00 for the box from banks). How much does that kind of box weigh if all coppers? (too lazy to get one and put it on a scale ( I know the weight would vary somewhat before the pennies are sorted and only the coppers are rolled and put back)

Are the standard bank boxes easily shippable? I have a few, being a hand sorter, so am not intending to do any selling (or buying), just wondering.

Thanks!

[creshka46]

In theory, the coin weight of a $25 box is 17.14 lbs. Due to wear, it might be a little less but I wouldn't guess that it would get below 17lbs. I can't say how much the cardboard/etc. is.

As for shipping, 3x $25 boxes fit perfectly into a medium flat rate box. It's like they were designed for each other!

[Zincanator]

Dang I thought I had a pretty good stash going until I saw some of these numbers.... I need to step it up... penny envy !

Also curious as to how many wheats, Canadas, etc folks have piled up in their sorting endeavors?

[Silver Runner]

Not enough, looking to add $50 FV per week.

[Silver4face]

BUMP!!!! I don't know, but it's definitely a lot. The number changes almost every day.

Pennies are the hot topic right now; several new threads have been created. Therefore, I think now is a good time to revive this old thread. Let the comments begin!

[willy13]

about 325,000 coppers found, with more boxes in hand to go through

[Recyclersteve]

About 20,000 copper cents. I feel like such a slacker.

[dbalek]

lol, used to have 1,000,000+ coppers. 35 5-gallon jugs.

[Silver4face]

lol, used to have 1,000,000+ coppers. 35 5-gallon jugs.

May I ask what happened to them?

[dbalek]

sold them to someone on RealCent

[Silver4face]

sold them to someone on RealCent

Excellent! I used to do the same thing, but now I have a buyer outside of realcent. However, I keep a small amount as a long term investment. But at the right price, I would sell that too.

[dbalek]

lol, I figured I had to liquidate them because:
1) they were getting too heavy for me to move
2) my daughter told me that upon my demise, the pennies were going to the bank.

I had an awesome antique Johnson sorter to handle counting the liquidation.
I was mainly sorting for doubled dies/errors, so I have a nice collection.
I lied, I still have 4 boxes of $25