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Valued Member
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Yeah I actually collect old bottles too and haven't seen one like this. I guess it's from the 70's maybe.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Whoa boy! That'll keep you busy!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks fun too! Good luck on searching them.
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I'm bringing this old topic back. One year, two days later...  We are looking forward to your report. |
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United States
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Wow thats a good amount of coins! I got one cookie tin of grandmas pennies and spent a month on it. I kept asking myself " are these 1960's cents in better condition than anything circulating now?"
Well, they are still sitting on my floor under my desk and I started contemplating that question last fall. It was a collection from someone in my family and I'll probably always keep them :)
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One year, two days later...
We are looking forward to your report Yes....and it may be another year before I can get through all of these to give you a report... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a number of pennies in old jars myself that I have been saving for many years. These were taken out of my pockets over the years and are really unsorted.
I also have a 55 gallon drum of unrolled copper pennies that is maybe a third full and waiting for my kids to have the pleasure of looking through and to find some treasures. I can rest comfortably knowing that my kids and grandkids will be thinking about me for a long time as a result of the gift that I have in store for them. They are already making noises about the work that I will be leaving them to handle. They're calling it my revenge. But I'm not a sadist. I always taught them to work for what they want and they will.
I wish that some of my grandparents or parents had done this for me. asyrp43 in a way I do envy you. Good luck on your project.
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Yes....and it may be another year before I can get through all of these to give you a report... I sincerely hope it does not take that long. But take your time, enjoy the ride, share when you can.  |
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Gotta love penny jars :).
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Valued Member
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So this thread is going to be annually updated? I like it.
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Valued Member
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So this thread is going to be annually updated? I like it. haha...yes. See you in 2014! I have $50 in rolls that I have to go through first and them I'm going to start working on these jars. I'll post an update when I get throught he first one or if I find anything good. -Allen |
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Pillar of the Community
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When my uncle gave me the 8 silver quarters and like 5 silver dimes he didn't hand them to me. He put them inside a container mixed with other coins and had me search them. I' not sure if he knew they were silver or they got put in by him finding them in change. But he told me to keep them.
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Pillar of the Community
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"It must have taken him a long time to collect this many pennies from change ..."
Not really, if you consider that the cent was used by people years ago. Just last night I recalled that the fine at my local library
was two cants a day! Penny candy cost ... a penny! A dollar bought a $0.77 cent toy at the discount store, leaving $0.13
to shop at the local Five & Dime. Mom and dad invariably had pennies in their purse and pocket.
The good ol' days!
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United States
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i told my dad about how you ended up with some old bottles of pennies and my dad told me that when he was younger him and my grandpa would check all of their change for wheat pennies and toss them in a bucket. I asked him why he and my grandpa did and he just said that my grandpa liked the way they looked and that he never collected coins though. at the time of my grandpas death he had a 5 gallon drum of just wheat pennies but somehow or another it disappeared. now every time I think about it I think about all the 1909s-vdb, 1914-d and any others that could have been in there along with any errors and it makes me sad :(
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Pillar of the Community
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That Coke bottle dates at least to the 1970s and is collectible by itself (a few bucks at least). I believe the jar with the bail is similar age.
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