I wonder...

[ThatCopperSound]

how many wheats there were.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/hundreds-of-thousands-of-pennies-spill-across-oklahoma-highway/

 

[Farchaus2k]

None, I heard from a very good source that Loomis began culling all Wheat Cents in Oklahoma beginning in January.

 

[dspeer83]

I'm from Oklahoma, went through a box of pennies yesterday and snagged 10 wheaties from it. If that is true then I guess my wheat ratio will start to dwindle.

 

[FormerTeller]

None, I heard from a very good source that Loomis began culling all Wheat Cents in Oklahoma beginning in January.

Please give him his leg back...

 

[n8dagr8345]

None, I heard from a very good source that Loomis began culling all Wheat Cents in Oklahoma beginning in January.

I heard the same thing from a guy out there. Except they are doing it in all of federal reserve district 10.

 

[Farchaus2k]

Please give him his leg back...

 

[BCD11]

None, I heard from a very good source that Loomis began culling all Wheat Cents in Oklahoma beginning in January.

I heard the same thing from a guy out there. Except they are doing it in all of federal reserve district 10.

Maybe a silly question...how are they pulling just the wheats?

Coin Mech engineer says their comparitors won't consistently detect wheats. In his opinion, optical recognition is the way to go but at this time cost could be prohibitive.

Human eyeballing is a possibility but with the volume of pennies the services handle it seems like it would take an army of eyeballers. Even if they were temporary employees at minimum wage it seems it would still be an expensive chore. And, as my wife mentioned, efficiency would head downhill during the work period as boredom set in, making it even more expensive per wheat found.

Anyone have an idea how they are profitably culling just wheats?

 

[waseeker]

None, I heard from a very good source that Loomis began culling all Wheat Cents in Oklahoma beginning in January.

pull my other leg, it plays Jingle Bells

 

[Farchaus2k]

Maybe a silly question...how are they pulling just the wheats?

I have it on good authority that Loomis has developed the Wheatomatic3000, which is now sorting through all pennies that come into Loomis in Oklahoma. The main goal is to corner the market on Wheats first in that market, and eventually by 2nd Quarter of 2014 all market that Loomis serves.

 

[namster]

It uses a compartomitor in conjunction with an optitron to sort out the wheats. It also separates out the rare varieties and errors. Expensive technology but sure to pay off.

 

[BCD11]

It uses a compartomitor in conjunction with an optitron to sort out the wheats. It also separates out the rare varieties and errors. Expensive technology but sure to pay off.

I thought you were REALLY yanking my chain with "compartomitor" and "optitron" until I searched them. Seems there is an optitron lighting system and a comparometer used to compare digital imagery.

Still sounds like a chain yank to me but, interesting nonetheless AND I learned something.

 

[Farchaus2k]

It uses a compartomitor in conjunction with an optitron to sort out the wheats. It also separates out the rare varieties and errors. Expensive technology but sure to pay off.