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Valued Member
United States
318 Posts |
I'm $5 in to my very first $100 of pennies. I wanted to get a good whack of rolls to tuck in and see if I like it. So far I do, but I could really use a dedicated sorting area or at least some kit that I could spread out and have everything I need. A comfy chair is real high on the list. Kitchen chairs are good for a length of a meal but not much longer.
What do you guys have? What's on your workspace?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3345 Posts |
I agree! I have a swivel leather rolling chair I use for searching. Its Very nice! I also have a desk in my room covered in coin stuff.
But as for sorting pennies I put coppers in a can, then lay wheats face down in lines of 5. Then canadians and nice zinclons and coppers I put in a nother pile then sort them into jars when I'm done.
When I open a roll, I seperate the coppers and possible varieties into different piles then throw the zincs in a can for the bank. Hope this helps!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
2180 Posts |
I just use my kitchen table/any other table big enough to hold all the coins I'm searching. A dedicated searching area would be nice, but I can't really complain about my current setup.
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Pillar of the Community
1119 Posts |
old footrest with the decades written on it, also doubles as 1-10 to sort the years, and 12v led strip lighting just over my shoulder. and the seat I'm sitting in right now, a big comfy lounge chair and arm rests that can hold about 5 stacks of coins across them without worry of being near the edge.
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01/19/2012 07:45 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
4411 Posts |
Much to the Mrs dismay I hijack the kitchen table. Dedicated space would be nice but I think I'm dreaming.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1432 Posts |
My laptop & leather swivel desk chair are set up at the dining room table. I don't roll search anymore but am organizing & cataloging what I pulled out of circulation 50 yrs ago. I get fairly messy at times but as long as I leave about half of the table space for the wife's crafting, recipes, etc. . . I don't catch too much crap unless she is expecting visitors.
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Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
Glass is excellent, but will scratch horribly over time.
Coins are filthy, even new ones. You want something you can clean.
Masonite or hard plastic is good.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
For a great solution to this problem, just win the lottery and buy a house big enough to have a separate room for coins. Or buy a second house just for coins in every room. Then you could have a specific table for each type of coin. And too a separate room for each type of coin. If you did win the lottery or inherit a large sum of money, you could just hire someone to sort through coins for you. Or with enough money you could just buy the coins you want and not have to search anything, anywhere, ever. Therefore the obvious answer to this is just get rich.   |
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Valued Member
United States
67 Posts |
We use the kitchen table - it's large and can accomodate the laptop and coins.
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Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
Buy a bank building. I've kicked myself over not doing exactly that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1409 Posts |
I use the floor of my den most of the time. But - I'm going to build a built-in desk unit about 10 feet long along one wall in there this spring which will become my coin/work area. I've used the kitchen table, but I get the stink eye from my wife when I do.
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New Member
United States
2 Posts |
Our kitchen table is quite large with lots of space. At I night I sit there with a laptop. The cabinets too are large enough to keep my books there.
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Valued Member
Canada
95 Posts |
I have a dedicated space, but I've allowed access to other family members, and am now crowded out. We have adult kids who store stuff at our place, and my husband repairs computers and has a huge amount of computer related junk-00ps, sorry, Stuff.
It is nice to be able to shut the door on the whole uproar when interruptions occur. But every surface is covered with stuff, so keeping order is all but impossible. Boo hoo. Poor me!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3486 Posts |
I have a TV on my kitchen table.
And a laptop.
And I use it to examine coins.
Oh, just occasionally I also use the table to eat something.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2077 Posts |
I use the coffee table, but not for coins in flips. I have ferrets and they've been known to steal them.
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Valued Member
United States
123 Posts |
I use the floor in the computer room BUT the granddaughter has learned to walk today so I'm having to move everything from the floor and make it child proof.
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Posted 01/19/2012 06:33 am
