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My hand sorting strategy

Postby schockergd » Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:55 pm

Figured I'd so something productive while taking a bathroom break, so I've installed a box of pennies to sort through for coppers.

Now that I started though doing it manually w/o use of a machine I'm finding just about 1 wheat per 200 pennies. Most interesting to me that just today while going through 8 rolls i found a 1940 in great shape and a 1927 in about F12 condition. By far that's the nicest I've found so far (Although I did find a 1957 MS62 red a while ago). Now I have something productive to do!
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Re: My hand sorting strategy

Postby beauanderos » Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:13 pm

schockergd wrote:Figured I'd so something productive while taking a bathroom break, so I've installed a box of pennies to sort through for coppers.

Now that I started though doing it manually w/o use of a machine I'm finding just about 1 wheat per 200 pennies. Most interesting to me that just today while going through 8 rolls i found a 1940 in great shape and a 1927 in about F12 condition. By far that's the nicest I've found so far (Although I did find a 1957 MS62 red a while ago). Now I have something productive to do!

Never use your dump site to pick up pennies :shock: :? :lol:
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Re: My hand sorting strategy

Postby Rodebaugh » Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:17 pm

CTU ...... Craper trade units?
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Re: My hand sorting strategy

Postby ed_vantage17 » Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:53 pm

Dumping pennies...there's a joke there somewhere but I'm tired right now.
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Re: My hand sorting strategy

Postby tn-dave » Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:49 am

The question is if you drop a copper cent and it makes a "splash" do you retrieve it..?? :lol:
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Re: My hand sorting strategy

Postby Slaphot » Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:03 am

How many "rolls" do you go through?
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Re: My hand sorting strategy

Postby SoFa » Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:09 am

That's actually a very good idea because of copper's antimicrobial properties.
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Re: My hand sorting strategy

Postby tinhorn » Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:22 pm

schockergd wrote:...while going through 8 rolls...

May I suggest a little Raisin Bran and more fruit to speed things along.
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Re: My hand sorting strategy

Postby NDFarmer » Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:34 pm

Gives new meaning to the phrase "Can you pass me a roll? " :lol:
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Re: My hand sorting strategy

Postby OneBiteAtATime » Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:59 pm

I sit with my laptop and "realcent". Why "facebook" when you can "realcent"? Becoming more wise while becoming less full. :)
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Re: My hand sorting strategy

Postby schockergd » Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:25 pm

OneBiteAtATime wrote:I sit with my laptop and "realcent". Why "facebook" when you can "realcent"? Becoming more wise while becoming less full. :)


I've found a few local coin guys via facebook, so I do both :D

Hoping to get a ryedale in the next month or so and put things on warp drive.
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Re: My hand sorting strategy

Postby ffej » Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:54 pm

Well now you have a use for the empty paper wrappers
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