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09-26-2021, 12:56pm | #1 | ||||||
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Coin collectors?? pennies....
been pitching in a 5 gallon ceramic milk container for some 40+ years....so the bottom foot or so are mainly copper from back when...the top few inches are the new crap......
SO wife/noticed the container behind a chair in the L/Rm and asked if it was worth the effort to find a few bux in the collection..... Watt are the odds?? rough guess is fine, obviously..... |
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09-26-2021, 1:09pm | #2 |
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You probably got some ancient Roman coins that you put in there centuries ago, too, right?
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Got any tubes for my Fender Deluxe amp in there ?
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I have a couple extra sets of 12 AX/AT 7 laying around I could part with.
A few other sets that are not compatible. KT88 and some other vintage tubes (circa early 60s) I'll check when I get back home this coming weekend if you'd like. Scott
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A couple of thoughts here:
1 The US has not made one cent coins from pure Copper since 1837. So even as ancient as Gene is, it is unlikely that any of the pennies in his container are pure copper. 2. The year you are looking for is 1982, that is the year that the One Cent coin was changed to nearly all Zinc, with about 2.5% Copper. Pennies made in 1982 and after are not worth much more than the value of the metal in them. 3. In 1959, the reverse of the One Cent coin was changed to end the "wheat back" era. Although the One Cent coins from 1959 to 1981 have much more than once cent's worth of Copper in them, I know of no one who is paying Copper value for those coins. 4. US One Cent coins minted from 1909 to 1958 are the "wheat back" variety, and there are places that will pay you a few cents each for wheat backs in circulated condition. If you started putting your pennies in there in 1981, you likely have at least some wheat backs. The above are facts, this is my opinion: It is unlikely that you have much value above the face value of the coins. If you were local to me, I would offer to pay you face value of the coins, and I would look through find and pull out the wheatbacks, and do something with them. I am certain I would be paid almost nothing for my time, but I would do it just on the hopes of finding something good. Good luck. |
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And to guess what Genie has in his bottle;
I usually get ~$200 from a half gallon bottle but don't save a lot of pennies. So figure $150 a half gallon = $300/gallon = $1500 for a full 5 gallons Scott
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Do YOU dig up mamories......back in the daze when I had a PT job at Electronic Clinic in Bethesda Md......PT doing TV repair.....the guys mainly did stereo repairs, McIntosh on down the list, and so having built my own amps/preamps/etc over some years.....as well as some speakers.....I knew the trade pretty well.....EL34, etc.....been a while....
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Back in MY daze, they were not 'glorified' like that.....been a while....over 1/2 century.....
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My collection are all stamped .999
About 15 years ago I got a full roll of pre 1965 quarters from the bank |
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Most people these days don't know or give a shit about silver coins. |
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Earlier this year I had a co worker ask if I had a quarter as the one he tried to feed the soda machine would not work. I gladly traded him current pieces for the 3 1962 vintage items he had in his pocket. Asked why I smiled at the trade I explained those odd coins were silver which weighs much less than the current alloy sandwich. That's what caused the vendo to spit them out.
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There are approximately 145 copper pennies in a pound. There are approximately 181 copper plated zinc pennies in a pound.
Throw it on the bath scale, do some math. |
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You'd probably get more enjoyment using them to pay your property taxes assuming you have all day to sit around and wait for them to count it. I bought $2 worth of gas using pennies once and the guy told me to never come back
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If this is correct, that would mean Gene's container has about 1,000 pounds of pennies in it. I doubt he will be able to "throw it on the bath scale". |
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torque to 25 ft lbs, then 45 ft lbs, then 65 ft lbs...all 17 head bolts....tedious work over a fender.......going to be painful...... |
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