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This may seem crazier than usual, but I filled out and submitted an application to try for a world record at Guinness World Records. As you probably have guessed, it involves penny hand sorting. I checked "penny sorting" in GWR's search engine and nothing came up, so I think I'm staking new ground here.

I'm prety thumb-fingered, so I didn't apply for a speed record. [If anyone's the fastest sorter, it would be henrysmedford's son Franklin.] Instead, I applied for an endurance record: a penny-sorting marathon, like those dance marathons. If the rules are the same as they were 20 years ago, this means one five-minute break in an hour and virtually no sleep in the stretch. Only a few naps in thos five-minute breaks.

The application's been accepted for internal review, so it wasn't bounced at the outset. Still, it's a long-shot application. Given the ranking of penny-sorting in the Nightline world, this isn't the most popular of activities.

Anyways, I'm just letting you know that penny sorting might get an entry in Guinness World Records next year if I'm lucky enough to get my attempt approved. I'll probably find out around Christmas, as I didn't shell out the GBP 450 + VAT for expidited service. Too many pennies for me.

I also wanted to let everyone know that the speed category seems to be unclaimed by anyone. If you're interested in filling out an application yourself, just go to Guinness' Website.

As a child in the sixties there would be a line of kids at the coin store. You can never know what might come back.

henrysmedford wrote:As a child in the sixties there would be a line of kids at the coin store. You can never know what might come back.

True.

This is great! If guys can play poker for marathon stretches, this would make a great counterpoint (since everyone is intrinsically richer at the end!). If there was a contest I could get to, I'd definitely join in. And, of course, I'm convinced coin popularity can come back for kids.

iluc wrote:I'm convinced coin popularity can come back for kids.

I'm only 14 and my lincoln set is near complete, I've spent more money on pennies than on junk food. LOL

CHO, you rock!

CoinHuntingObsession wrote:

iluc wrote:I'm convinced coin popularity can come back for kids.

I'm only 14 and my lincoln set is near complete, I've spent more money on pennies than on junk food. LOL

Awesome, dude! Keep up the good work.

CoinHuntingObsession wrote:

iluc wrote:I'm convinced coin popularity can come back for kids.

I'm only 14 and my lincoln set is near complete, I've spent more money on pennies than on junk food. LOL

Great! You're more thorough than I was at your age (or now, for that matter )

They are gonna want to see you go up against the Ryedale.. I can see it now..what a matchup.. smoke coming from the Ryedale as it spits out coppers, you with blisters forming on your fingers.. The crowd is silent except for the clicking of pennies on both sides of the sorting table... John Henry looking down from above,smiling .........

Diggin4copper wrote:They are gonna want to see you go up against the Ryedale.. I can see it now..what a matchup.. smoke coming from the Ryedale as it spits out coppers, you with blisters forming on your fingers.. The crowd is silent except for the clicking of pennies on both sides of the sorting table... John Henry looking down from above,smiling .........

And the Ryedale will win

At least, I hope it would. If I'm lucky enough to be favoured by Guinness, I'll undoubtedly be subject to an accuracy test. After all, there's no point in doing a penny-sorting marathon if I end up with mixtures in my sorted buckets. If they take a liking to me, they'll let me check my own accuracy on vid-camera. Doing so would require a Ryedale.

I'm sure, if I get the go-ahead, I'll be required to buy one specifically for the marathon. May come in handy later...


[A side note. Since I applied for a marathon, not a speed race, I don't think they'll mind if I go slowly as long as I keep moving. Dancers in a dance marathon can shuffle slowly and not be counted out as long as they stay on their feet.]

Seeing that they've been shaky on several records.........good luck.

cesariojpn wrote:Seeing that they've been shaky on several records.........good luck.

Thanks; it's much appreciated.

Even if Guiness doesn't certify you, you can do so via:

http://recordsetter.com/

barrytrot wrote:Even if Guiness doesn't certify you, you can do so via:

http://recordsetter.com/

Thanks, but the stretch I have to run is going to be v-e-r-y long. Some marathons of the world-record sort last for more than a week - and they're continuous exccept for five-minute breaks each hour

It doesn't matter how long it is, just video it and then do a splice of every 10 seconds per frame. So it just plays in hyper speed mode.

And to validate you will need it recorded. There is very little shot they are going to send a rep out to watch you.

barrytrot wrote:It doesn't matter how long it is, just video it and then do a splice of every 10 seconds per frame. So it just plays in hyper speed mode.

I could do that for public consumption, but I assume they'd want the raw footage to verify what I've done.

barrytrot wrote:And to validate you will need it recorded. There is very little shot they are going to send a rep out to watch you.

Yeah, I figured as much. I'm also assuming that they'd want me to vid-cam putting the sorted pennies through a Ryedale to test for accuracy. After all, it wouldn't be much of an achievement if the pennies weren't sorted properly.

(I think they'd give me a maximum error level, like 1 out of 100 mistaken, over which I'd be disqalified. That's how I'd handle it if I were issuing the instructions.)

I thought this was nifty:

http://empowerednews.net/%E2%80%9Ccrazy ... s/1816657/

JerrySpringer wrote:I thought this was nifty:

http://empowerednews.net/%E2%80%9Ccrazy ... s/1816657/

Thanks. Guess who wrote it?

None other than myself. I paid an eBayer twenty bucks to have it distributed on Google News. I didn't know it would be publish-worthy!

Great article !

cupronickel wrote:Great article !

Aw, shucks