Nice Low Budget Score
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 11:56 amWell, I have been pulling copper pennies from circulation now for about 10 years. I had always lamented that I could never luck into any nice "scores" that I read members here coming into. Not that I didn't celebrate your finds, I just wondered why, with all my sorting, I could never get something other than the usual statistical expectations of copper, wheat and Canadian.
That said, over the last few months, I have started to "score" a little. I have listed a couple of them on here already. No need to rehash, but listen to what happened today:
Like many of us here, my budget is tight lately. I was out running some errands this AM and had $10 to spare on some pennies. Figured I would get my obligatory 20% copper and still have $8 left to make it until Friday - payday. Well I ask for $10 in pennies and teller pleasantly hands me rolls, two at a time through the window and each roll is in old, pink wrappers, with hand written dates on them. I get them all and go back to my track. 15 rolls were old pink with dates on them - 13 rolls from the 60's ranging from 1960 - 1965 with 3 of them "D" mints. 2 other rolls were 1953-D and 1956-D wheats. I went home and broke them open and all were labeled correctly! Woo Hoo! So, I have 5 more rolls left to search, unmarked CWR's. Would you believe all 5 rolls were solid copper with no date later than 1974?!!!!!! Man, I was psyched! Good score for me.
Oh, and before anyone says it, yes - I am going back!
keep stacking!
That said, over the last few months, I have started to "score" a little. I have listed a couple of them on here already. No need to rehash, but listen to what happened today:
Like many of us here, my budget is tight lately. I was out running some errands this AM and had $10 to spare on some pennies. Figured I would get my obligatory 20% copper and still have $8 left to make it until Friday - payday. Well I ask for $10 in pennies and teller pleasantly hands me rolls, two at a time through the window and each roll is in old, pink wrappers, with hand written dates on them. I get them all and go back to my track. 15 rolls were old pink with dates on them - 13 rolls from the 60's ranging from 1960 - 1965 with 3 of them "D" mints. 2 other rolls were 1953-D and 1956-D wheats. I went home and broke them open and all were labeled correctly! Woo Hoo! So, I have 5 more rolls left to search, unmarked CWR's. Would you believe all 5 rolls were solid copper with no date later than 1974?!!!!!! Man, I was psyched! Good score for me.
Oh, and before anyone says it, yes - I am going back!
keep stacking!
