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Pillar of the Community
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Well took about half the pennies out already $ 125.00 so far about half left you see in the pillow case or whatever it is. I will try and add the picture just can't seem to get that down here goes. Image:  Pennies2.jpg36.77 KB Edited by Brucec
09/14/2008 3:14 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I love going through those piggy banks that people have been saving for years !
Looks like a lot of fun to me !
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Pillar of the Community
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Well thanks for all the advice I plan to keep them all for now all I am doing is trying to make a rough sort of copper and zinc and get a total to pay him for the value of these think at least $ 200.00 maybe $ 300.00 worth of them.
I live in PA but every year come October 26th I leave to spend the winter in my RV in the South Texas Gulf so most of these will sit till I get back. When I am in TX naturally I collect the D mints of everything as all we see up here in PA are P mints.
These pennies are not going anywhere and I will go through them good and as stated probably keep 90 percent of them. Oh my I keep way to much but I just love coins you feel like you actually have money worth value.
Again thanks I will post my finds come next summer.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Not sure if it's just me but I've noticed when looking through a $50 bag of pennies I start seeing a lot of double dies. Both front and back. By the time I finish, most everything is doubled. I've found that not drinking Marini's during this process has helped somewhat.  |
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Edited by Brucec
09/16/2008 8:22 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
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The one you found was really popular some years back. It was sold with a piece of cardboard that had many similarities between Lincoln and Kennedy. Every once in a while this comes up on coin forums and usually someone knows where that list is located.
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Anyone know a quick way to seperate the copper vs the zinc pennies? I've heard there is a machine but I only have a jar or two and after looking for a little while, I start seeing double.... no martini's involved.  |
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Rest in Peace
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Anyone know a quick way to seperate the copper vs the zinc pennies? I've heard there is a machine but I only have a jar or two and after looking for a little while, I start seeing double.... no martini's involved. Whitman made a plastic scale that sold for $12 retail. Any balance scale will work, zincolns are 17% lighter. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Anything earlier than 1982 will be copper. Anything after 1982 will be copper coated zinc. Both types were made in 1982. Personally I like to use the drop test on the 1982s. Drop a coin you know is copper on a hard surface (just a few inches up) the copper will ring when it hits. Repeat the test with a coin that you know has the zinc center it will not ring but have more of a thud when it hits.
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Pillar of the Community
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Well rough sorted the zinc and copper and counted $ 187.57 in pennies.
Have been going through some now copper and separating 1940, 50, 60 ect and putting them in rolls for now.
Funny some copper looking and old looking pennies are new zinc 1985 ect and I noticed the worst looking ones are usually newer. However I come across some that look new like zinc and find they re 1974 and 1952 but very clean and new looking like zinc.
I also know there will be allot of 1980-1990 and 2000 like new pennies.
As for wheat pennies so far not many allot of 1959 must some look like new.
Will keep rolling these for storage before I leave for my winter home.
Seems like the old copper pennies sure stay nicer looking when being circulated allot.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Like everything else, you make stuff out of inferior material, it turns to crap faster.
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Valued Member
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I found one of those Lincoln/Kennedy "cents" in my grandma's collection. It had glue on the reverse where it had once been on the cardboard holder.
In the picture above, one of the "coincidences" is that both names have 13 letters... I'm counting 11 for Kennedy, and 14 for Lincoln. Maybe I'm being too observant?
Well, good luck searching through the rest of your pennies.
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Pillar of the Community
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I think that count is for Lyndon and Andrew Johnson - the item right above it.
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