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does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby lance » Tue May 01, 2012 9:07 pm

I throw all my usa coppers and 96 and under canadians together...anyone else do this? Pretty close to same copper content so why not
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Re: does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby dakota1955 » Tue May 01, 2012 9:29 pm

I keep them in different bags so that I will have to resort later.
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Re: does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby lance » Tue May 01, 2012 9:32 pm

Why would you have to resort? They all melt down the same way id imagine
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Re: does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby Rodebaugh » Tue May 01, 2012 9:35 pm

Nope. Way too type A for that.

I even sort the Canadians by CU content. Who's with me?
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Postby Bluegill » Tue May 01, 2012 9:38 pm

Rodebaugh wrote:Nope. Way too type A for that.

I even sort the Canadians by CU content. Who's with me?


Almost. I don't sort by Cu content, but I do sort them by their weight.
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Re: does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby henrysmedford » Tue May 01, 2012 9:39 pm

Just a thought with the Canadian government planing to melt all the cents they get back from the banks later this year one would think that the Canadian cents might be worth more to collectors that just melt in a few years. We tube by year and type.
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Re: does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby dakota1955 » Tue May 01, 2012 9:40 pm

nothing state that you will be able to melt both at the same time also there should be a play on selling the Canadians outright once the withdrawning take place.
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Re: does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby Robarons » Tue May 01, 2012 9:41 pm

Back in 2007 when I was in noob mode on Realcent I never sorted Canadians out, kept them with US copper because of A. the higher purity and B. heavier weights in most cases that no one would care when it came to cash in. One factor that also played a important part was the lack of Canadian copper to even be worth separating.

Now its the exact opposite, I sort into these categories:
1980-1996
1965-1979
Young Queens 1964 and Earlier
King George VI
King George V

So yeah its a matter of taste and desire to sort. Some buyers are picky of PURE US copper with no impurities, even if its better like Canadian stuff
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Re: does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby lance » Tue May 01, 2012 9:53 pm

Damn....back in the day i use to even throw wheats with copper....that changed....now maybe its time for me to seperate canadians....but how the hell do i go through $1000 fv of pennies lmao
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Re: does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby Robarons » Tue May 01, 2012 10:18 pm

The easy way?

Grab a Ryedale- take care of that in no time
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Re: does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby TheJonasCollegeFund » Tue May 01, 2012 10:29 pm

Lance...when I get stuff organized...I'll just trade you CTU for CTU....you can have all pure copper from my stack and I'll take your CTU w/wheats and canadians! :lol:
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Re: does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby lance » Wed May 02, 2012 6:15 am

TheJonasCollegeFund wrote:Lance...when I get stuff organized...I'll just trade you CTU for CTU....you can have all pure copper from my stack and I'll take your CTU w/wheats and canadians! :lol:

Lol good one....
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Re: does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby willy13 » Wed May 02, 2012 7:27 am

I seperate now, but when I first started I didn't. I started to seperate after about $50 face.
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Postby CU Baker » Wed May 02, 2012 7:34 am

Rodebaugh wrote:Nope. Way too type A for that.

I even sort the Canadians by CU content. Who's with me?


Add me to that type A list.
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Re: does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby highroller4321 » Wed May 02, 2012 9:19 am

It takes to much time for me to seperate them so I throw them all together.
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Re: does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby bigbub » Wed May 02, 2012 10:57 am

i dont but i just started
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Re: does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby wiper » Wed May 02, 2012 6:45 pm

i toss them all together, and i know i'm giving up value a bit, but i usually only throw in pre '82 canadian just since i'm in the zone hand-sorting. :)
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Re: does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby hobo finds » Wed May 02, 2012 6:51 pm

If you hand sort I am not sure why you would mix them...
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Postby plus1hdcp » Thu May 03, 2012 5:11 pm

hobo finds wrote:If you hand sort I am not sure why you would mix them...


Agreed, but I don't see too many in Tennessee
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Re: does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby lance » Fri May 04, 2012 10:25 am

How would i seperate them w a ryedale? Stick a canadian in the compartor?
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Re: does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby assetcoin » Fri May 04, 2012 1:40 pm

I thought I was the only one who mixed US and Canadian coppers. I recently started keeping KGV and KGVI Canadians out of the copper bin, though. I see them as the wheaties and Indians of Canada. 8-)
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Re: does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby Cu Penny Hoarder » Fri May 04, 2012 5:40 pm

Type A here as well.

I've always separated US and Canadian coppers.

I also separate the Canadians by date... I love the old KGV's and KGVI's.

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Re: does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby penny pretty » Fri May 04, 2012 8:25 pm

I get a lot of canadians in upstate NY. I roll the 80-96 separate as well as the 79 and below till george. higher purity, but lower weight.Ya never know what the ebayers will pay for something.
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Re: does anyone else mix their usa coppers with canadians?

Postby fb101 » Fri May 04, 2012 11:11 pm

In my stack there's pre97 only.
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