Grandpa's Penny Jar

I'm bringing this old topic back. If you look back to the original post you will see where I pulled out an apple juice jar that my Grandfather filled with pennies in the mid 80's. He gave it to me when I was a child and I had forgot about it. Well we were cleaning up at my grandparents old house and I found these hidden in the back corner of a closet. I know that they haven't been touched or seen in atleast 15 years. It must have taken him a long time to collect this many pennies from change so homefully I will find some good keepers for my roll set. It may be a while before I have time to go through all of them but I'll keep you updated.

that coke bottle may be worth sumtin dont see too many 2L glass bottles anymore
Happy hunting

Yeah I actually collect old bottles too and haven't seen one like this. I guess it's from the 70's maybe.

Looks fun too! Good luck on searching them.

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 :)

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.

Gotta love penny jars :).

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