100,000 pennies

[dp2013]

I started CRH'ing pennies in August '07. Today I reached the 100,000 penny mark. All by hand- no machines for me.
My totals-- (Copper totals include copper 1982's- all lovingly weighed one at a time.)
The mix was about half & half between customer rolls and "fed rolls".

Total copper 21,997 or 22%
wheats 244 (156 from boxes, 88 from customer rolls)
Indian Heads 2
Dimes 17
nickels 1
panama cent 2
bahama cent 4
2 cent euro 2
10 cent euro 1
1950 one pfennig 1
copper canadian pennies 96 (counted in above copper totals)

Now off to start my next 100,000. I'm going to keep even better records this time.

 

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[BBcardsRI]

Nice work. Anything above 20% copper for that amount of pennies is good.

And nice record keeping... nice to compare others numbers to my own.

~Dave

 

[klava]

2 IH in that amount is great to. There are guys over on realcent the penny hoarding board that have searched way more and not found any IH's. I lucked up and found mine in the first 200 dollars searched lol

Congrats those numbers look great.

 

[waseeker]

Congratulations. I'm at 1.2 million cents for the year and only have 4 indians. Also, 8,591 Wheat Cents. I don't keep track of copper.

 

[daveg13]

Nice to see some other cent hand searchers out there. Once I get through 50,000 I'll post up some results. I haven't found an IHC yet, but I'm getting nice wheatie numbers every box.

 

[GPURS]

Nice job dp! Keep up the good work, and keep us posted of your totals.. Since you are checking these by hand (like I do) have you run across any good errors(varieties)?? I have found that I have more value in error cents than in wheats or copper combined.. It Pays to look!!! Good luck and HH,, Gpurs...

 

[dp2013]

"Since you are checking these by hand (like I do) have you run across any good errors(varieties)?? "

I don't actively search for errors. I do look for obvious errors such as misstrikes & have found a few.
I've found a few counter strikes as well- such as 2 kennedy face.

I plan on searching the copper ones a little closer someday for errors.

 

[GPURS]

Not just the copper ones dp! There are some nice errors to be found on the 83(rev), 84(ob), 97(double ear), 95(ob), even the 2006 with a little extra ear lobe .. Now is a good time to snag some of these coins while they are still in good shape! Good luck to you !! Gpurs...