New Member - Penny Finds

[shredderz]

Hello -

My first post on this site.

I'm new to coin roll hunting. Started off slow a couple months ago having no idea there was such a large coin roll hunting culture. Just would casually pick up a few dollars worth of pennies to see if I could find some wheat cents to add to my small collection.

Started getting hooked and finally got my first $25 box last Thursday.

Found several wheat cents including a 1909 VDB, a 1934 Canadian cent, a penny with a Masonic symbol stamped on it and a 1964 Roosevelt Dime !

These were in what I assume were machine rolled pennies in a Brinks box.

Here's a pic of a few of the finds:

 

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[twiasp]

Too bad the 1909 VDB didn't have the S mintmark. Still fun stuff to find, gratz on the bonus silver dime with your pennies!

 

[50cent]

welcome to the site homie

 

[GarouLady]

love the 1934 canadian penny and the merc dime, what a treat!! Congrats on the find and welcome aboard.

Sincerely, Garoulady

 

[sack0silver]

The stamped cent is pretty cool

 

[mercury1]

Finding a silver dime in a box of cents is on my wish list. I've only found one dime in a box of cents, and of course it was clad. Found lots in cwr but no silver yet. And congrats on the king George 5 cent. They are really cool and harder to find then Indian head cents. Welcome to the addiction.

 

[OnARoll]

that was a heck of a penny box!

 

[Bad Wolf]

Thanks for the pics. That was a first rate box of cents, a 1909 vdb and a silver rosie--gotta love it! HH

 

[shredderz]

All of those good finds came within the first ten rolls of that box!

I see that many of you prefer the term "cent" to "penny".

I did notice on the $25 box of "cents" that I got from the bank that it said the word "BRINKS" on it and it also reads " $25 PENNIES " I guess they didn't get the memo.

I've found a dime two other times so far, clad of course. The silver was a heart stopper. It feels like you found a $100 bill on the sidewalk!

Encouraged by beginners luck, I obtained another box earlier today. This process reminds me of juicing or refining or perhaps Moroccan hashish processing Going through 2500 of these things and getting the essence out of it. Here's what I picked out today:



The roll was 50 of the post 1988 Canadians I found.

And these looked pretty nice:

 

[50cent]

good stuff my man, good stuff. you got a ryedale ?

shreddersz, it doesnt matter what brinks thinks, what does it say on the coin It says ONE CENT. Its

 

[shredderz]

No I realize it's a cent. Just playing with semantics.

My rookie shows, I had no idea that cent is the preferred term. Noted.

I don't know what a ryedale is. I suppose its a good thing to have?

 

[shredderz]

Looks like I'll have to find another 1-200 1909 VDBs to get one of those. Maybe if I get an elusive 1909 VDB-S

Although a VDB-S would pay a good chunk of my mortgage payment.

How much copper should I accumulate before I sell it ? Is it really worth holding onto long term?

 

[billionaire]

A lot of people save $100 face value or 68 pounds of copper pennies to sell on ebay.

 

[sagittarius98]

I don't know what a ryedale is. I suppose its a good thing to have?

A ryedale is a machine that sorts the copper for you.

Buy Now | Ryedale Coin

If you are a DIY person, you can make one for about $100-$150.

The 1975-F German 2 pfennig is worth 10 cents.

 

[danya]

The reydale thing reminds of those two guys that tried to run a business on melting copper pennies and failed.

 

[arnofarrell]

Nice finds, Ilove doing cents but it can take forever.