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I'll take a pic of my copper hoard for you guys when I get home. It's all in bags and some cent boxes the rolls came in.

 

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I usually search through a box of cents, but I searched through $25 in CWR's today because the bank I went to did not have a box. I was quite pleased with what I found, though, and I may do CWR of cents in the future; here are my finds:

*13 wheats (Oldest was a 1919, but what really caught my eye was a 1932)
*8 Canadian (including a 1952 George VI)
*1 Bermudan hog penny
*A 1 Ngwee coin from Zambia
*A red 1960 Lincoln
*A pretty nice 2010-D shield cent

 

Went to order boxes of different change today and teller tells me to wait a second.........
Two other local banks had HUNDREDS of halves that typically have none........
dump?
...stay tuned




...YUP......dump......all rolls have X's on them.

 

Did 10 rolls of cents last night......

17% copper
1 Canadian
4 Wheaties including an AU RB 1958 and a 1919

 

did a box of halves found no silver and only a handful of nifc ...darn

 

1 bag of cents down and so far I'm at
3x 44
2x46
1x57
1x39
1x45
1x52
1x35
3x58
1x55
3 reds
8 canadian cents with the oldest being 1931
And 1 british half pence

 

Box I did yesterday;

'40
'44
'44-D
'45 x3
'46
'49 x2
'51-D x2
'52
'53-D
'54
'55
'55-D
'57

6 Canadians, 2 BU's; '63 and a '63-D

Box today;

'41
'42-D
'44 x2
'45 x2
'46 x3
'47
'55-D
'57-D

9 Canadians, 2 BU's; '60 and a '64.

 

I was informed by my bank that I'm no longer allowed to have them get boxes of change because I don't have a business account. I guess I get to stick with bags of crws. That they sell back to the fed. I don't know if this means its time for me to find a new bank :/

 

Swiker, what bank told you that?

 

A credit union that's part of a conglomarate of like 95 other credit unions. I guess the thing that bothers me is I have been a cutomer of theresfor about 5 years. There name is coast hills

 

I go through between $600.00-$1000.00 face value per week. Yes, I have a Ryedale. I have sold 1400 lbs so far on Craigslist and Ebay.

On another note, I bought 5 boxes of Halves:

Box 1:SKUNK
Box 2-SKUNK
Box 3-(2)-40%
Box 4-SKUNK
Box 5- SKUNK

It's getting tougher and tougher to pull silver out of boxes in Minnesota.

 

I live in St. Louis Missouri and i'm going to venture out tomorrow for my first Roll-search! Any advice to give? I work for Bank of America so I am going to go to the branch located in the office building first - see if I can schmooze any good info out of the tellers haha! Second thing, I am guessing my highest chance for 40% or (maybe maybe) 90%'s would be the half dollars and I was thinking about starting with a full box. Am I biting off more than I can chew, do bigger banks in bigger cities have a lower chance of finding anything worth while?
Thank you in advance,
David

 

What exactly are the Copper pennies you guys hoard up? I'm not sure of the dates or anything. Thanks.

 

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1982 is when they made the switch from 95% copper to what we use now so anything 82 and earyler should yeild copper

 

OK, these "searched" rolls were not too bad.

(2) 1972 DDO's,
(1) 1972 Proof
(1) 1981 no FG
(1) 1972 no FG
..some other goodies...filled some book spots...
no silver

And a question I have for you guys. Several rolls looked to be BU's, at least AU. Many were the same year of full rolls of 1971's, 1972's, 1984's........It's like someone broke open bankrolls, searched, then dumped. WHAT would you guys do with these??? Dump them back?

 

Well......anything 81 and earlier is copper. For 1982s, you would have to test it.

I did a box of halves today.....1 40%er and several 2009s

 

did 2 boxes of halves yesturday;
1st box: 1971 1972 and 1988 proof
2nd box: 7 40%'s

Just wondering is anyone else in New Jersey and if so how are your totals?

 

Lincoln cents minted prior to 1983. The composition changed in 1982. The 1982 cents that weigh about 3.1 grams are copper, while those that weigh 2.5 grams are zinc, However, I weigh all the 1983 cents. I feel some copper planchets may have slipped through and been stamped in 1983. Finding one of those if it existed would be a great score. IMHO

 

Since I search for errors or varieties. I look at all the coins. I have found a really rare 1988 D reverse 89 as well as some more common ones like the 1995 DDO. Of course I look at all the copper and have found a 1972 S Double Date, etc. But since I search and sort them anyway, I just keep the copper. I have several plastic coin tubes. Inside the caps I placed labls I made from printer paper. With a marker I labeled each tube with a year and mint. When the tube fills, I transfer the coins to a paper wrapper. Then in the bank box cents are transferred in. Long term ? Maybe. Never gave it a lot of thought. Because it seems foolish to turn in a coin with 3c of copper in it for 1c. I can always cash them in for face value. So it's like something for this old disabled guy to keep busy at and kind of a small savings account. I hide boxes around so a thief would have to work very hard for say $50 worth of pennies weighing more than 33 pounds. It's fun and maybe someday the ban on melting will be lifted and I can take them to a smelter or sell them on eBay ?