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I started collecting coins over 50 years ago and now, I have to admit, and I have developed a serious addiction for pennies. I started saving copper pennies about 17 years ago when I retired. Why? I have no idea but I have 720 thousand copper pennies so far in the bank bags in the picture. The bags go back four rows under my bar. The boxes contain 280,000 pennies from my bank that I plan to search over the winter. My wife has told me repeatedly that I better do something with them before I kick the bucket!
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Just assure your wife that the next tornado that comes through doesn't stand a chance of moving your house !
What a awesome hoard !
Oh , and the next time you pass by , extend my deepest sympathies to your homes foundation.
JohnSo sad ... My reverse consumption engine was a broken fuel gauge ... gonna look at coins now. John -
Well, if you get started, it should be interesting winter for all of us with all the finds you are going to post...
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That's neat and makes me want to search.
The common sense side of me says listen to your wife and stop adding to it and search and disposition/cash them in.
The other side of me says it's $10,000 but at some point they can be cashed in, if it makes you happy to have them it's cheaper than many other hobbies.
In the end I'm not sure what to say
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That's alotta copper for a Retired Copper.
I was thinking along the same lines as John, and hope the concrete is reinforced.
Cause those million cents weigh about 6,666.67 pounds.
Look forward to seeing your finds.Comment
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Hah!! That's a hoot!! All I can say is I'm worried and impressed, all at the same time!! You obviously have a very good wife like mine. I see all the shot glasses too, which you occasionally pull out I'm sure to get through the Lincolns!
Look forward as the others to seeing your finds over the next few months!
Jon.Comment
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You were not kidding when you said you were glad to be retired so you can have more time to search Lincolns! I think you have successfully acquired a nice stash to last you for awhile! One million pennies in a house... this is great!Comment
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Ill call you scrooge mcduck of Cents. You could litterally go swimming in the cents lol. When I was little I would save all my change and put them in a corner of my bedroom. I wanted to amass a collection of millions of coins. But unfortunately I dont think I even made it to 10000 coins till I cashed them in at the bank. But since then is when I got into hobby of coin collecting. So I guess you could say scrooge mcduck off of ducktales got me into collecting lol.Life is not about greatness but on the impact of good onto others. It is a matter of how much one shines. Explains why I like shiny coins.Comment
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[QUOTE=GrumpyEd;348676]That's neat and makes me want to search.
The common sense side of me says listen to your wife and stop adding to it and search and disposition/cash them in.
The other side of me says it's $10,000 but at some point they can be cashed in, if it makes you happy to have them it's cheaper than many other hobbies.
In the end I'm not sure what to say[/QUOT
It was just a quest to see if I could do it. I had a lot of fun along the way. I have already searched over 2 million pennies in the past to find the 720,000 copper pennies. I also found over 12,000 wheat pennies as well as about 2 dozen nice errors.
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What were your favorite finds so far?I also found over 12,000 wheat pennies as well as about 2 dozen nice errors.Comment
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Indeed, love to see them !So sad ... My reverse consumption engine was a broken fuel gauge ... gonna look at coins now. JohnComment
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My best error fine was this 1943 steel cud which came from a customer roll. It is listed as cu-1c1943-22. The strangest find was two copper-nickel 3 cent pieces dated 1865 and 1867. Again a customer roll. They were mixed in with all foreign coins in one roll.1943 cud error.jpg
The were featured in the August 13, 2018 issue of Coin World by Bill O'Rourke in his "found in rolls" column.Last edited by retiredcopper; 12-07-2018, 03:31 AM.Comment
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Really nice 1943 Cud.
And to "youngsters" those 3 cent pieces are foreign coins.
Thank goodness for the internet or I might have made the same mistake quickly looking through a pile for foreigns.Comment
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How about a new driveway copper-topper?
You can call it Penny Lane!
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