First box of pennies. Ugh!

[frankendime]

Went through my first box of pennies today,was gonna start a book with my granddaughter. 3 Wheats, a 41, a 55, and a beat up 58. Another box to go, if I can get by the smell. Geez!

 

[jrf30]

Was it a formaldahyde smell? I've had that with some penny boxes. got worse as I tore open each roll. nasty smell. that or something else?

 

[Sleazyj]

I had a few rolls of dimes with a butane smell before it was quite bad

 

[Mzjavert]

It gets better. My worst box was 6 wheats and my best was 12 or 13, with my average around 9-10. I also come up with a fair number of Canadian cents, including a '33 or '38 a couple of weeks ago.

 

[frankendime]

Was it a formaldahyde smell? I've had that with some penny boxes. got worse as I tore open each roll. nasty smell. that or something else?

Can't describe the smell except stinky, and a lot of the coins felt sticky and slimey.

 

[sagittarius98]

Was it a formaldahyde smell? I've had that with some penny boxes. got worse as I tore open each roll. nasty smell. that or something else?

Can't describe the smell except stinky, and a lot of the coins felt sticky and slimey.

Maybe from a science experiment. I got $5 in pennies from my friend who had the pennies picked up by parents who are school janitors. Some were bent, smelled weird or were just artificially toned.

 

[frankendime]

2nd box done, not so smelly. 6 wheats and a 40 Canada cent.