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Besides the ones in albums, I sort other cents by LWC, copper LMC, and zincolns. I then use paper rolls and just store them on a small shelf. |
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If I read that right you are the first person I've heard of to store zincolns Fuzzy317- Quote:Besides the ones in albums, I sort other cents by LWC, copper LMC, and zincolns. I then use paper rolls and just store them on a small shelf. |
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yes, when I get home and empty my pockets, I store all the change received that day, including zincolns  |
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If I read that right you are the first person I've heard of to store zincolns Well, I guess that would make me person #2. Now, granted, I don't hoard all the zincolns I can find, but if they're nice and red, they get saved. (Especially the Bicentennial and new Shield cents...I think I've only thrown back 30 of them that I've gotten so far, out of hundreds) |
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Thanks guys I think I will give the 5 gallon buckets a try. The handles don't break? They gotta be heavy.
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(Especially the Bicentennial and new Shield cents Bicentennial cents? And I thought it was almost not even worth it to keep a single roll of the 2009 Lincoln series. I did know a guy that had a glass water cooler bottle like was pictured on page one of this post in his garage, he'd drop all his pocket change in when he got home and never sorted it, said he'd worry about it when it was full. Quote:
Thanks guys I think I will give the 5 gallon buckets a try. The handles don't break? They gotta be heavy If you are going to have a 5 gallon bucket FULL of cents, even just Zincolns break the handle off before you fill it and use a hand truck... or a fork lift. Here's a question for the mathematically inclined amongst us (and lets face it dollars, cents, dates) we all lover numbers, what fraction of a TON is a 5 gallon bucket FULL of 1981 and older copper? |
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I keep the copper back in the boxes I get the coin in (as long as they are the brinks boxes and not the cheaper ones).
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I also keep mine in the cardboard coin boxes. When I get a few boxes worth, I run them through the coin counter, and get cash!
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Unless you are hoping to save these coins for 200+ years, any clean, sturdy container will work for the 95% copper cents. I personally use a wholesale club-sized pretzel barrel (maybe 4 gallons?) for mass storage, and keep an applesauce jar (again, a huge one) so I'm not making 20 trips to the basement every week for every penny I get back in change. I keep MS coins separate in rolls organized by year, and a separate roll for all S-mints and '82 zincolns.
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ASLAN, the "Bicentennial cents" are the 2009 cents with the 4 designs featuring Lincoln's life and presidency. Due to the recession, the Mint was instructed to produce them in reduced numbers, resulting in a very low mintage; about 250-370 million each for the first three designs (per mint), and significantly less for the fourth design (130 M for P, 200M for D). The coins were hoarded by collectors and ebay barons, and have always been extremely rare in circulation. |
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Bicentennial cents, ohhh OK bicentennial of Lincoln's birth... took me a few hours to figure that one out, only after I read it, thanks Finn. Interesting... so I must be setting on a gold mine, I ask my bank for $50 in pennies and they give me bags, I think I'll get a few bags and see how many 2009's I come up with, I usually toss back dozens. Look for my continuing adventures in the land of Lincoln... Edit: er, make that the land of Zincoln  Edited by ASLAN TVorlon
01/03/2014 12:05 am
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Deli buckets.  Holds 50 pounds of copper each Edited by mr9865
01/03/2014 09:45 am
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Is that a 1 gallon? if so 250 for a 5 gallon, if that is a 3 gallon, then 83 pounds for a 5 gallon. It looks like you snapped the handles off, before or after you filled them?
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1.3 gallon. And no handles at all they hold potato salad.
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