Son of a.........

[CardsNCoins]

Oh well.

[henrysmedford]

The photo does not look like sold zinc. Look like some copper. Do all the ends match same year?

[avidbrandy]

yea but it's like 10 pennies that arn't 2011s in each roll.

I got a few boxes that had 1 penny in each roll that wasn't 2011.

[CardsNCoins]

The photo does not look like sold zinc.......

Clearly they aren't, but they sure are zinc heavy. Probably to the tune of 90%.

[henrysmedford]

The photo does not look like sold zinc.......

Clearly they aren't, but they sure are zinc heavy. Probably to the tune of 90%.

Franklin my 15 year old son with autism who is the sorter pointed at the photo and pointed what he thought was cooper.

[CardsNCoins]

........and pointed what he thought was cooper.

That's what I was hoping too, but even some of the darker ones were zinc. There were only 3 to 5 coppers per roll.

[henrysmedford]

........and pointed what he thought was cooper.

That's what I was hoping too, but even some of the darker ones were zinc. There were only 3 to 5 coppers per roll.

And the 1931-S? Was there a 1936 Dot?

[CardsNCoins]

And the 1931-S? Was there a 1936 Dot?

OK, now you lost me.

[henrysmedford]

And the 1931-S? Was there a 1936 Dot?

OK, now you lost me.

That was just for fun. As the 1931-S is the third hardest to find Lincoln cent. And the 1936 Dot is a $400 K Canadian cent. http://www.coinlink.com/News/world-coins/canadian-dot-cent-rarity-to-be-sold-by-heritage-in-world-coin-auction/. So just pointing out sometimes in the trash you can find gold.
Joe
Franklin's Dad

[Nystagmus]

My only indian head (1903) came from a box that was almost entirely brand new pennies. You can only make lemonade if you take the time to squeeze the lemons...

[ScottyTX]

Man, I have 250.00 in boxes sitting at the house that look just like that!! Pain in the arse can't really do much with them except return them.......

[HoardCopperByTheTon]

Sure you can.. you hust have to seperate the old ones from the brand new ones and drop the shiny ones in an automatic rolling machine to make nice BU rolls.

[ScottyTX]

Sure you can.. you hust have to seperate the old ones from the brand new ones and drop the shiny ones in an automatic rolling machine to make nice BU rolls.

Yeah Chuck, Almost all of us have a few extra automatic rolling machines laying around the shop ........................... You having fun licking all them stamps yet????

Scotty

[HoardCopperByTheTon]

I've got a couple of extra ones.. have one out on loan to a buddy right now.

Yep, love lickin those stamps. A few members here and a few eBay buyers have received CTU's covered in stamps.

[adagirl]

I've got a couple of extra ones.. have one out on loan to a buddy right now.

Yep, love lickin those stamps. A few members here and a few eBay buyers have received CTU's covered in stamps.

Very frugal you are hoard. I am always impressed by your business savvy.

[chris6084]

The photo does not look like sold zinc.......

Clearly they aren't, but they sure are zinc heavy. Probably to the tune of 90%.

90% ? I say much more than that. Circulated boxes in my neck of the woods run 85%- 88% zinc.

[CardsNCoins]

The final count was 211 coppers, 6 wheat, and 2 copper Canadian, so 91.24% zinc.

[TXTim]

aka "Dirty Rolls"

[John_doe]

Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what your gonna get....

[rickygee]

Been having a rough time getting anything but new cents from my banks lately, too. Two pickups yesterday, and all new shiny pennies.

[fasteddy]

yeah I have 15 boxes of these things stacked in the corner...I guess I am going to find an out of the way bank and exchange for fiat....

[Doctor Steuss]

I got a box of Nickels a while back that was like this (had 2-3 nickels per roll that weren't 2011). Ended up getting 2 war nickels from it.

Here's to hoping you'll be pleasantly surprised like I was, and you've got a Native American floating around in those scant pickings.

[rickygee]

YooHoo! Third pickup's the charm. Finally a box of oldies but goodies!