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<p>[QUOTE="Mendozaco, post: 1790396, member: 57152"]For me sorting for copper pennies is fun and finding a wheat penny is rewarding. Bringing to life an antique manual sorter and making it function for this purpose was challenging, but not impossible. I wanted to make something simple and portable. I did not want to spend $400 on a Ryedale machine. Althoung, I think it is a great machine, but I wanted something simple and inexpensive for home use. </p><p><br /></p><p>I spend less than $18 (including parts) in restoring and painting the Klopp D2 manual counter. My total investment was less than $100 for the manual counter, the electrical coin separator and other misc items. Most items were purchased on ebay. The D2 is cheap on eBay and parts are still available for these old machines. I don't recommend the electrical klopp machines for this purpose. The electrical counter is to fast for the sorter. </p><p>With the manual counter I clocked and sorted 235 coins per minute. After sorting I can use the same machine to wrap the pennies.</p><p>I made some basic adjustments to increase the count. I will an updated a new video with adjustments and speed count. Thanks for your responses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mendozaco, post: 1790396, member: 57152"]For me sorting for copper pennies is fun and finding a wheat penny is rewarding. Bringing to life an antique manual sorter and making it function for this purpose was challenging, but not impossible. I wanted to make something simple and portable. I did not want to spend $400 on a Ryedale machine. Althoung, I think it is a great machine, but I wanted something simple and inexpensive for home use. I spend less than $18 (including parts) in restoring and painting the Klopp D2 manual counter. My total investment was less than $100 for the manual counter, the electrical coin separator and other misc items. Most items were purchased on ebay. The D2 is cheap on eBay and parts are still available for these old machines. I don't recommend the electrical klopp machines for this purpose. The electrical counter is to fast for the sorter. With the manual counter I clocked and sorted 235 coins per minute. After sorting I can use the same machine to wrap the pennies. I made some basic adjustments to increase the count. I will an updated a new video with adjustments and speed count. Thanks for your responses.[/QUOTE]
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