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Havent been on in a month or so but thought a few of you might enjoy this story.
Had a guy call from my ad on Cl asking if I bought pennies. Usually it turns out to be someone with a few rolls or so and not usually the brightest people since my ad cleary says I'm buying pennies. I only have wheats listed for the buy though.
I reply with I may be interested, what do you have?
He tells me he has 1100 in pre 81 pennies. I'm thinking to myself, great another person that read or seen something to save them and wants 2.X each because thats what he read they are worth. I respond with "you have 1100 Pre 1981 pennies?" He says no $1100dollars in pre 81'S now he has my attention lol. He also asked if I would be willing to give him more then if he just took them back to the bank!!! .
Wait it gets better. we strike a deal of course, then find out these were ROLLED in 1981 not sorted for pre 81's .
Turns out his buddy's grandpa saved them and stopped in 81 for what ever reason and had them and never looked at them again. They are all in original $50 penny bank boxes, which I've never seen before and are all dated with the day they were rolled and placed away.They even say circulated or uncirculated on the outside and also machine or hand rolled. Tape is old as can be and you can easily tell they have been sealed for yrs. I popped one open and seen what I wanted to see. A couple of wheat on the ends plus a canadian. I have no idea what to do with them if I should open or what. For now I plan on just keeping them how they are and throwing them in the closet for a later date.
Just thought I'd share a great story that only a fellow penny guy/girl could enjoy!
And yes I asked about others. They took $500+ in 90% to the local pawn shop but there is another 100 "old dollars" that I think I will be getting soon once I shot him a ballpark offer.
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Great story! Thanks for sharing.

wow, so you got them at 2x? or did you do better?

Yes.....you forgot to tell us what you paid for the coppers....? How could you forget that????

Pictures or it didn't happen...

That is a Ray of Sunshine that I needed, after the election results.
But I would like to Know what you paid please

I was toying with idea of practice typing until my speed was up an getting a Job

(Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party ) 10,000 or so times

Great find and story to cap off a great election.

congrats. glad to see some of us are getting a break here and there.

cool find

Great find, congratulations.

Dude Sweet

misteroman wrote:Turns out his buddy's grandpa saved them and stopped in 81 for what ever reason and had them and never looked at them again.

Probably stopped because they changed composition to zinc in '82 Grandpa probably would be a member here on RC. Heck, he's a proto type of the membership here. Ask him if Grandpa was related to anyone by the name of Ryedale

I paid him 1250 or about 1.13c each

That's awesome. Good deal for you and he gets more than a bank would have given him.

Thats all he wanted. I shouldve told him 1200 but am still very happy and so is he

Great Deal!
Actually, he was most likely happier that he did not have to haul them to the bank himself.

I propose that you sell a few rolls at the next KSA.

Was actually thinking of selling a couple of boxes. 30+ yr old tape and all

Wow! What a deal!!! Congrats on this terrific find!

As the old saying goes... The harder you try, the luckier you get!

Great deal!!! Maybe I should do a CL buy ad..... seems the last 3 times I have tried to get pennies from my two banks, the say they don't have hardly any anymore????? I know last year at this time they were both always glad to see me cause they said they had way too many....
Glad you did so well though, Congrats!

i would certainly pick up a box from you if you did decide to sell them. it sounds like a blast looking through them