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Valued Member
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A little over 20 years ago my grandfather gave me an old glass apple juice jar of pennies. I think it's a gallon jar. I'm not sure when he collected them but he had them in a closet at his house and gave them to me. I dont think I ever opened it and it went into a cabinet. I had forgotten about it until this week. So I called mother and she checked and it's still sitting in the cabinet where I left it. I'm getting it tonight to sort. I dont know how many pennies that is but I'm guessing it's close to 3 boxes. Wish me luck!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Memories of my dad's "penny jar". I don't know what happened to it.  I wish you good luck and happy sorting! Keep us informed.  Edited by oih82w8
01/26/2012 2:21 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Can't wait to see! I have a blast going through my grandfathers collection of coins. I put a whole thread together for everyone to go through it with me. Search Poppy's collection or oil cans in CCF to see the goodies I found. Can't wait to see what you get! Good Luck!
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I agree, it sounds like a lot of fun. I cannot wait to read your report. |
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Pillar of the Community
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sounds like a small treasure. and if you find some nice coins...even better. I hope you have a great time going over them. enjoy.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A question and a suggestion.
Please translate the term "box" into the equivalent number of rolls or a bag.
A roll = 50 pennies.
A bag = 5000 pennies.
Those were the two standard sizes used years ago.
Put down some kind of surface upon which to work. An ordinary towel will keep the pennies from sliding on a smooth surface and should you drop a few they will be less likely to fly off onto the floor.
You're going to have a lot of fun and please do enjoy the memories of your grandfather as you search.
Matthew
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Valued Member
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to me a box is $25 or 2500 pennies. so I'm guessing there will be around 7500 pennies
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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good luck to you! when I 2x2 fliped some of my granddads I put a little gd on the bottom so I would remember they were his.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks, asyrp43,
So, a box is 50 rolls.
You estimate that you have a bag and a half to search through.
That gives me a good picture of your task at hand.
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United States
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Best wishes with the search ... hoping that you find some nice coins ... and enjoy good memories of your Grandfather. Looking forward to a summary of your experience ... hopefully with some photos.  David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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United States
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Good idea reupman. My plan is to save any AU-BU for my roll set and put the rest back in the jar. But if I find any nice wheats or something like that I'll put his initals on the 2x2. Up until the last 5 years or so 95% of the coins in my collection he bought for me. Not counting ones I found in change. Thanks for the idea.
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Pillar of the Community
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Enjoy the trip back through time!
Gallon jar should hold about 4400 pennies or so.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Now, that's as good as it comes! There's nothing like an old change stash to get a collector excited.
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Excited to see/hear the results.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 That truly sounds like an "unsearched lot"  Nice memory too. |
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Posted 01/26/2012 2:28 pm
