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[Shake-N-Bake]

Hello there,
I picked up five boxes of pennies today($125 worth). A suprize find of the SECOND blank planchet for the year!!! Rest of totals are as follows:

Box 1,2,3 = full boxes of 2008's

Box 4, 5 = 20 wheats(including a 1917)
1 blank planchet (found by wife)
101 canadians

That was about it for the day. not to great except for the blank planchet.

Happy Hunting,
Jason

 

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[crazyjarhead]

too bad about the 2008's

 

[treasurefiend]

Man, when I go get boxes I ask for "old boxes". The tellers show me a box and ask me if this is an old one. Sometime I forget and they just give me a new box and I just take it because I didn't say what I wanted. I also show them the way to look for "old boxes" I show them the holes on the box and tell them that what I want is a box with some older discolored coins showing. Now for the most part my tellers know what I want right when I come it. This works on penny, nickel, & dime boxes.

 

[golden silver]

Hey shake don't be upset that those canadians will buy you a crappy cup of coffee on your next trip to toronto.

-Golden silver

 

[Shake-N-Bake]

Hey shake don't be upset that those canadians will buy you a crappy cup of coffee on your next trip to toronto.

-Golden silver

I dont worry to much about them becuase I live an hour or so from the border. I am planning on taking a trip there soon and trading them out for dimes or something. I just couldn't believe how many there was in the two boxes.

Also I usually check the top of the boxes when I get them but I was in a hurry and forgot. But it wasnt a real big deal becuase I brought them to my normal dump bank which I usually bring coins in loose becuase they have a coin machine and they just traded them out for boxes from there vault. I rarely ever have gotten solid date boxes before. but oh well its part of the game.

Thanks,
Jason

 

[seger98]

Bummer with the 3 boxes of 08's

 

[Siegfried Schlagrule]

My last three solid date boxes were taken to the local coin shops and used to buy merchandise. Two of the three allowed me $30 in store credit for the $25 box. The third one showed me he already had three boxes but I spent them anyway for suplies I needed. Worth asking. siegfried schlagrule

 

[Narthoniel]

While the 08s are a bummer, the blank planchet is awesome! And a 1917 is nothing to scoff at either.

 

[TxTim]

Weigh the box before opening.
14 lbs. = skunk.

 

[thurmownator]

Weigh the box before opening.
14 lbs. = skunk.

Interesting approach Tim.

The thought being the "Zincolns" weigh less than the copper Lincolns; and if it's 14lbs it's full of "Zincolns".

Cool. Thanks.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Bummer with the 3 boxes of 08's

Should have dumped them right back over the counter