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My nephew brought (sold) me a bag of pennies that I couldn't even lift !! Unfortunately they were from Michigan and many had at least some corrosion from the humid climate. Many Canadian pennies also, that went to other great-nephews for their help in sorting/counting. Lots of fun during that summer vacation.
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Bedrock of the Community
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 To the Forum. |
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@ unclescratch |
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Thank you all for your welcomes and support. We are pretty excited and have been sorting all day, using your suggestions.
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Valued Member
United States
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Welcome to the Community and baptism by fire. My guess is 23,612 pennies. Start with a box of zip lock bags and write on the outside the years 1982 thru 1940 and then bags for 1939 to 1935 and 1934 to 1930, 1929 to 1920, 1919 to 1909. Don't worry about mint marks until later. Wear gloves (cotton is best) Your hands will start to get filthy and it will rub off on the coins. Your goal is to get the coins to a manageable and reasonably organized condition. Once everything is sorted you can start to focus on key dates in the bags, one coin at a time. Have fun! .
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Thanks for adding info on the nickels T-bop. I had no idea. Hopefully, when you get to the bottom of the bucket there isn't a note that says "Skip these because we already searched them."  Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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to the site! I think the advice given is a good start! |
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@eerapach
wow that bucket has me excited lol
Did you find anything you can show us?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Turn them all in and you may save us all from the coin shortage! |
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Also to be sure and check every single coin for errors Just kidding, man I wish I had that much to sort through, I'd have a blast going through all that. Welcome, from a fellow newbie! |
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to Community. It is an exciting find and an adventurous journey to go thru thousands of Cents, what a wonderful gift from your grand parents! I bet the deeper you get in the bucket the older the dates are going to be. So, as mentioned hold off on cashing them in, patiently start going thru them and pull the goodies out!research, study, learn the valuable ones and post it here after each find  Edited by Chase007
09/05/2020 10:33 am
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Don't get crazy excited. I recently went through over 5000 Lincoln wheat cents. I probably put 10 aside as having more value than face or melt. Basically stuff pre 1930 and the 1931S are valuable. Vast majority isn't. Good luck tell us if you find anything.
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