Any sorters in the Boston area?

[Engineer]

A guy just paid off his mortgage in pennies.

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/07/05/milford-man-pays-off-mortgage-with-pennies/

[Diggin4copper]

I was in that town today!! I went right by that bank! Wish i knew yesterday......

[Dano]

I was actually at that particular branch today. Got 2 1964, 2 1967, and a 1968-D silver halves!

[OtusLotus]

So.... How much do you think his last mortgage payment was?

I say $1280...

[Sheba]

Honest question ... how did you arrive at the amount the man had to pay off his mortgage? Thanks!!

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

I saw an article about this guy from another source recently. It might have been on coinflation.com. I googled the headline and found this link:

http://www.milforddailynews.com/topstories/x1222860486/Pennies-add-up-for-Milford-man

I thought his storage system was rather interesting. How many pennies fit in one of those boxes?

So he began collecting an average of 2.5 pennies per day and placing them into a grape crate. But after a few years, the box began to break due to the overbearing weight. So he bought a pair of steel military rocket launcher ammo boxes to hold the pennies.