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United States
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GFR3 - you are correct, 2002 is the centinal penny for Canada. Just pulled one last night from a roll.
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United States
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Another $40 in nickels
13 pre-1958
So, $190 total (95 rolls)
2 Buffalo
46 pre-1958
1 silver nickel
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United States
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Madmartigan-- yeah I thought it was somewhere in the early decade. I have one I found about 3 years ago (I wasn't too heavily into collecting at that point but I never turn down a canadian). I'm not sure where it is, but I have a baggie somewhere filled with Canadians, wheaties, and other odd coins I found in the few years (roughly 1999-2007) I took off from collecting. I moved in late-'07 and have no clue where they are. I wonder whats in there...you never know, could have 1931S lincoln and not even know it!
Those are some pretty good numbers Eagles--specially the two Buffs...I have yet to find any after searching maybe $500. the pre-58 will probably rise a bit...I find roughly one per-roll. Some of the silvers will be hard to get, but go through enough rolls and you'll find them.
--gary
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GFR3, CH53562, and cyberdan, Thank you all for your kind assistance  ! Concerning that Canadian cent I mentioned; On the back of the coin it has a bird in flight (looks like a dove). Above the image of the bird it reads 1 CENT, below the bird is the inscription CANADA 1867-1967 (I only ASSUMED this was bicentenial). On the obverse is an image of that Elizebeth chick  . On the left of the bust it reads ELIZIBETH II. On the right it reads D.G. REGINA. Anyone know anything about this coin? I've also got a Burmuda cent (among some other foreign stuff) that has a wild pig on the reverse (1977). Don't know anything about this one either (?). Thanks to your combined efforts in helping me to learn a little more about the pennies, I am now saving all of my pre-'83 cents. I searched $5.50 in cents today and found a bunch of pre-82's, several 82's and 1 Canadian. No wheaties or other unfortunately. Before I made a deposit today I got the chance to search $100 in halves. I found two more 40% silvers bringing my total to 10 of those so far. Sweet! The dates on all 10 range only '66-'68. I haven't found any 90%, Franklins, or Morgans or anything like that yet. I imagine it's only a matter of time on some of those though (hopefully). I've come up with a whole stack of more questions. I'll try to limit it to just 2 or 3 for this post. I hope you guys don't mind answering them. If the answers can be found in another thread please just direct me there. I don't mind doing the research myself but it helps if I know where to look. I've noticed in some previous posts here that it has been said that it's illegal to melt pennies for their copper value. I'm confused on this because, from what I understand, the refineries buy silver coins based on their melt value. Don't they melt these down? Why would it be different on cents or nickels for that matter? Speaking of nickels, does anyone know for certain what the silver % is in the War Nickels ('42-'45)? I've heard three different numbers on this - 15%, 30%, and 35%. Wich one of these is correct? I know that's already more than 2-3 questions but I have yet one more. What would be my best bet for a first contact to find any coin/numismatic clubs in my area? As I said, I realize these topics may be covered in another area of this forum. If so you could just direct me to those posts. Thanks to all. |
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hey all.....today I picked up my box of $500 in halfs.....i think I did ok this time ....3 x 64s and 28 x40% and 1 2003.....now to dump these tomorrow ....
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got a nice 1956 nickle today!
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United States
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I bought $327.50 from various banks in a small town about 30 minutes from here. There were 10 Federal Reserve rolls, 17 customer rolls, and remainder was from tellers. Here is my find: 2 1964 Kennedys 90% 3 1967 Kenndeys 40% 1 1983s Proof 2 of the '67s came from the Fed rolls and the rest came from the loose stuff. The customer rolls had already been picked thru (durn it LOL) At work today I found one of these:  This is not the actual coin I found (got the image from ebay) but that is exactly what it looks like. I have $1000 in halves ordered for Wednesday. The bank said I could pick up half now and the rest later. |
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Numi - what you have there is the Centennial cent. They're still found in circulation up here without too much difficulty.
As for melting copper - it's illegal for you to melt copper. I can legally melt Lincolns, but I can't deface Canadian coinage, which YOU can. (including melting all Canadian coppers, which go all the way to 1996!)
Feel free to post your questions on Canadian coinage in the Canadian forum. There are some very knowledgeable individuals there who know FAR more than I do about them.
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I've noticed in some previous posts here that it has been said that it's illegal to melt pennies for their copper value. I'm confused on this because, from what I understand, the refineries buy silver coins based on their melt value. Don't they melt these down? Why would it be different on cents or nickels for that matter? Speaking of nickels, does anyone know for certain what the silver % is in the War Nickels ('42-'45)? I've heard three different numbers on this - 15%, 30%, and 35%. Wich one of these is correct?
hmmm I'm not actually sure how it all works, I've always believed it was illegal to melt and just assumed that these refineries and such were involved in, shall we say 'shady business'. I've never done so, but an associate of mine brings hundreds of dollars worth of cents to a local dealer for $.02 a penny and the dealer in turn sells them to some one else or melts them himself. It's kinda one of those "don't ask, don't tell" kinda thingies. Maybe someone else is a little more familiar with these kind of laws and can help us both out. I've also been curious as well. The Silver Wartime Nickels are 56% Copper, 35% Silver, and 9% Manganese. The strange combination had more to do with getting the "new nickel" to work in old slot/vending machines. Too much or too little of any of the elements involved would change the electronic code of the alloy and thus render them useless in machines. This is why you will occasionally find a steel penny in the reject bin of a Coinstar but never a Silver Nickel. The Wartime alloy essentially tricks the machine into thinking its e regular isssue coin. Cool stuff huh? EDIT: SEE ABOVE POST...Now regarding the Canadian...I went digging and found the 2002 coin me and Madmartigan were thinking of--the date is 1952-2002, which I believe (could be completely wrong here...again hehe) celebrates the 50th anniverssy of that that Elizebeth chick takign the throne. Yours must be some other centenial celebration, though my Canadian history is not as good as I would wish and I cannot state for certain which event exactly. I also have found a 1979 1cent South African coin in a penny roll, a 2003 5cent Trinadad and Tobago, and some sort of half-dollar sized Asian coin in rolls recently. The Asian coin looks clad but has that silver "ting" to it when dropped. I got no clue where its from or what its worth but its a nice piece to have in my collection. Sorry if I rambled a bit there, but after watch that disgrace of a Union Address  I felt the urge to "find my happy place" among coins  hope I was of further help, --gary Edited by GFR3
01/28/2008 10:43 pm
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United States
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Topher - Thank you for that info on the centenial cent. Now I know what I've got. I learn something new every time I come to this site. That's a nice tip about the copper in the Canadian penny too. What's the % of Cu in the Canadian cent? Similar to the US? I had been working on building a foundry even before I found this forum  . What might I do next?-that's a rhetorical question by the way :). I'll see you over on the Canadian thread soon I'm sure. I have much I want to learn on the Canadian coinage. Good info/trivia/history on the silver wartime nickels too GFR3. I've got a few other world coins as well. Some asian, some of latin origin, island & others I have no clue about. I even have a 1 Euro. I tried exchanging some of these at one bank but politely declined when I learned that there was a minimum $10 fee to do so. Looks like I'll have to wait a few days until my ship (more like a small unstable canoe) comes in before I can get back to CRHing  . Until then I'l just have to exercise a little patience. |
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United States
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I've got a few extra minutes so I thought I'd pose a few more questions for you coin wise folks.
Since my coin collection will be growing in a big way in the near future it would sure be nice to know the best way(s)to store/preserve them. I would especially like to keep my roll of BU halves in BU condition. Should I just keep them in the wrapper or are there better methods for storing them? I'd also like to know WHERE to go to get some of the storage albums/folder/holders etc.
From what I've learned so far this next one may be taboo. Is there ever a time and or way (type of cloth or cleaner) when it is acceptable to clean/restore any of my coins? I know with some of my wheat pennies I've had the urge to rub them clean with some toothpaste. Most of you have probably never even considered this but it really shines them up (haven't done so on my wheats). Try it on a worthless cent sometime.
Next, can someone please tell me what VDB stands for?
Last couple are more coin roll specific. Has anyone ever attempted to order a box of Ikes? I'm just figuring that it may be possible that there are a couple of untouched pallets setting somewhere in a fed bank (?).
I know the total $ amount in a box of half dollars is $500 and I think a box of pennies is $100. Does anyone know how much it is for a box of each of the others (dollars,quaters, dimes, nickels)?
Thank you very much for your assistance and patience in answering all my newbie questions.
- Bill.
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New Member
United States
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Pennies $25
Nickels $100
Dimes $250
Quarters $250 (this could be wrong...)
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United States
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Numi: VDB stands for Victor David Brennan the sculptor who designed the Lincoln Cent Obverse. There is lots of information available about him in coin magazines, etc and I expect even more as we get closer to 2009. There are generally 50 rolls in a box, so: 50 rolls of nickels x 2.00 = $100 box 50 rolls of dimes x $5.00 a roll is $250 box You get the point... Jim |
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United States
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I've noticed in some previous posts here that it has been said that it's illegal to melt pennies for their copper value. I'm confused on this because, from what I understand, the refineries buy silver coins based on their melt value. Don't they melt these down? Why would it be different on cents or nickels for that matter? Speaking of nickels, does anyone know for certain what the silver % is in the War Nickels ('42-'45)? I've heard three different numbers on this - 15%, 30%, and 35%. Wich one of these is correct? --- Currently it is illegal to melt pennies or nickels, but everything else seems to be fair game. The govt made this law because right now with copper prices being so high it is costly for the govt to make pennies. If a bunch of people took their pennies/nickels in for scrap, the govt would have to produce a bunch to make sure there is enough for circulation. With the spot prices of copper and nickel being high right now, it would cost them too much so they put the law in place. Alot of people seem to think it will be repealed though so dont give up on the idea of making a small forture on copper pennies. |
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