Do you save BRITISH BRONZE?

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Do you have a stash of British bronze pennies?

Nope. U.S. all the way, baby!
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9%
I have a few I saved.
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48%
Yeah, a few pounds maybe.
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26%
Quite a bit, actually!
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9%
I could be called HoardBritishByTheTon
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Do you save BRITISH BRONZE?

Postby uthminsta » Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:50 am

Does anyone have a stash of British bronze pennies? Even the old large ones?
By the way, you should check for 1992 in the copper stash. All 1992 bronze pennies came from collector sets.
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Re: Do you save BRITISH BRONZE?

Postby uthminsta » Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:19 pm

This idea came from my experiment with putting the decimal pennies through a Ryedale...
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Someone tell us what kind of stuff you have!
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Re: Do you save BRITISH BRONZE?

Postby Country » Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:56 pm

Pre-Revolutionary War Halfcents and Farthings are my bag.... 1670 - 1774. Got them years ago... :mrgreen:
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Postby uthminsta » Fri Apr 20, 2012 11:52 am

Country, that stuff is really cool. I have a binder with everything British I have from before 1860 in it. That era you are saying is about the first full page. And some of my favorite coins. I would like to see what you have sometime. And if you ever wanna sell them cheap to a good home, I promise to take good care of them :)

Hey, someone voted for option 5... care to share what you have? What kind of stuff?
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Re: Do you save BRITISH BRONZE?

Postby AGgressive Metal » Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:19 pm

I have over 40 lbs. of '71-'91 British Bronze (97% Cu), but it will have a new owner soon :)

Still hanging on to roughly the same amount of pre-decimal British 97% - working on filling a $1000 Quarters bag with British large pennies. I also have a good sized sack going of non-British 97% Cu Commonwealth countries bronze (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, East Caribbean States, etc).
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Re: Do you save BRITISH BRONZE?

Postby uthminsta » Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:12 pm

AGgressive Metal wrote:working on filling a $1000 Quarters bag with British large pennies.

Nice. Does much of that have a young Victoria on it?
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Re: Do you save BRITISH BRONZE?

Postby AGgressive Metal » Fri Apr 20, 2012 2:08 pm

Young Victoria? No I don't think so - maybe a couple culls. There are some older Victorias of course.
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For nothyng is better than lyberte
For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world
-Aesop's Fables, Caxton edition 1484

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Re: Do you save BRITISH BRONZE?

Postby everything » Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:43 am

Nope, but I got one recently in half dollar rolls, interesting how that penny was the same size as a U.S. half dollar.
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Re: Do you save BRITISH BRONZE?

Postby jasmatk » Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:37 am

been buying british bronze for awhile mostly becouse I like the coins not for metal value.
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Re: Do you save BRITISH BRONZE?

Postby Hawkeye » Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:55 am

I love British bronze, but I don't have enough FRNs to put myself in the 4th or 5th category. :roll: I've got a few pounds of pennies and halfpennies. I also have some South African and Australian bronze. I just love the big old British empire pennies. I also like British halfpenny tokens from the 1790s, but I don't have too many of those.
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