Anybody seen this for sale? It sure would make sorting out the coppers from the zinc's alot easier specially the 82's:smile http://www.jmdaniel.com/products & prices.htm
Never seen this one before. THere is a really expensive model I have seen. This one may be worth the $$. I would like to hear actual customer responses first though.
You know, given the price of the thing, plus the fact that it doesn't sort out wheats, or stuff like 1909 cents like I got a couple of them last year from roll searches - why bother?
Its just for the copper hoarders, I'm embarrassed to say I too keep coppers seperated for some unknown reason. One day I will go through the big pile and pull out wheaties:smile
Would sure be a lot cooler if it did. Odds of a good find would go up only searching sorted coppers. (I think)
Here is an old thread from another forum that might be interesting reading except the comparator mentioned as being on ebay would have to be researched as old links expired. http://realcent.forumco.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=841 Jim
I can even look at the reverse of the cents and tell you which ones are copper and which ones are plated zinc. The post 1982 cents have a lower relief both front and back and stand out after you look at a lot of cents. I have no idea how many cents I have gone through, but it has to be in the neighbourhood of a quarter million or so over the past couple of years. The finds can be like a hitting a lottery, earlier this spring I found a 1979 with a pronounced cud on the obverse of the coin.
LOL!!! I know what you mean. I catch myself going through 10k+ pennies a night when I get bored. My biggest find has just been a '95 DD, though.
I think what is funny is the machine wrapped rolls that come from Brinks etc that occasionally will have dimes in them. I would think they would sort better - not that I am complaining about the 1000% return on the investment for that particular coin. I have gotten some mid-range circulated teens and twenties with mintmarks that are worth a couple of bucks. My fave is the 1909 VDB though.
I've heard of people making these kind of machines in their basement. Couldn't tell you how exactly, but I bet if I sat down for a few hours and played with numbers I could make a start on a blueprint. It definitely has something to do with sorting them by weight, the 2.5g coins being zinc and 3.1g coins being copper. It looks like it sorts out the canadians as well, which probably have a third weight. I'm in engineering school so if I don't put this to the side of my mind I might lose a lot of sleep tonight... haha
I can buy them at one bank on Monday mornings by calling them and letting them know I want them. Then they don't have to send them to the Fed. These are all receipts from merchants that bank with them. They also send them out to another branch and I can buy them there too. It is a huge bank, all of three branches and has been around since 1895, needless to say it is a small town bank with friendly tellers that go out of their way to accommodate my numismatic pursuits. Of course they like goodies too, gift cards etc.
Any bank should be able to get them for you. It's not likely they will have that many to spare without giving them notice. I give my bank a call and have them "order" them from their main branch, or call my sister. She works for a bank in my town, too.
