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What sorting must have been like in 1991

PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:24 pm
by Morsecode
I just started into a horde of cents that is yielding 60%+ cu, with 4 to 6 wheats in every handful.

A lady I know and work for has a giant floor vase in her hall where she has been dropping all of her pennies since 1965...59 years! :shock:

It's so strange finishing a small batch and seeing the copper pile bigger than the zinc pile. I took 2 Home Depot buckets home with me to work on, maybe 5000 coins in each, and I barely scratched the surface. The best ones are still in the bottom :thumbup:

Found a decent 1972 doubled die (die #2), would probably grade XF. The photo was hard to manage what with the cellphone, loupe, and lighting...but should give you an idea.

Re: What sorting must have been like in 1991

PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:53 am
by Recyclersteve
Nice doubling!

Re: What sorting must have been like in 1991

PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 6:19 am
by 68Camaro
Nice hoard!

Re: What sorting must have been like in 1991

PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 5:17 pm
by Cu Penny Hoarder
Sweet! :thumbup:

I pulled similar amounts from a hoard I bought off my LCS guy in 2022. After sorting it all with my Ryedale had close to 2 gal full of wheats and 70-80% Cu. Still haven't looked through those coppers for errors.

Re: What sorting must have been like in 1991

PostPosted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 5:58 pm
by JobIII
Very nice! Congrats on the find and keep us posted on other varieties and errors.

Re: What sorting must have been like in 1991

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:03 pm
by DC_Penny_Guy
What a find! There must be some IHPs and older wheaties in the bottom...

Re: What sorting must have been like in 1991

PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 6:58 am
by Saabman
WOW!!! Keep us posted!

Re: What sorting must have been like in 1991

PostPosted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:12 am
by Morsecode
Completed (well, aside from the upcoming neck surgery)

$400.00 total cents, est. [1]

$247.20 copper + box of '82 [2]

2366 wheats 4 1909, 4 1910. Mostly '40 & '50 - Nothing to write home about. Some '20 and '30. I'll admit
I didn't scrutinize the majority of them, but there were no 1922 plain or 1955 doubled dies.

9 Indian '03x3, '05, '06, 4 worn

1972 DDO die#2, XF condition

390 Canada copper

6.65 in US change, no silver

1 Canada dime '56

1 Canada dime '68, magnetic

NYC subway token, 1970. Collector site says $3-$5

base metal pesos [3]

1 toenail :sick:
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[1] At some point during a 2 a.m. delirium I co-mingled her zincs with my zincs, so there is no precise number for that category.

[2] Easily 62/64% copper all told once the '82 are weighed out.

[3] The pesos were likely dropped in there by her teenaged daughters in the mid-'70s, after a trip to Mexico.

Since I only have an estimate on the total coin searched I won't pollute the Tracking Thread with the overall numbers.

2 bank boxes on order next week...already counting on a let down :lol:

Re: What sorting must have been like in 1991

PostPosted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:52 pm
by Cu Penny Hoarder
Morsecode wrote:1 toenail :sick:


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