Wheat hoard 10 M goal

compromonedas · December 31, 2009 3:29AM

Just an update on my wheat hoard plan to reach the 10 million wheat cents. As of december 31 2009 my count is 1,455,000 wheat cents. with the raise in the copper price this is getting more expensive now!!!!
Keith

DennisH · December 31, 2009 3:32AM

Just curious, but what do you store that many cents in?

BobSav · December 31, 2009 3:35AM

$14,550 dollars worth of Wheat's ?

April 1st came early this year.

I call BS

JMHO

No pics ?

Bob

Weather11am · December 31, 2009 3:37AM

I believe it.

TomB · December 31, 2009 3:43AM

I believe this is a legit post.

Coll3ctor · December 31, 2009 3:47AM

<< <i>$14,550 dollars worth of Wheat's ?

April 1st came early this year.

I call BS

JMHO

No pics ?

Bob >>

I also believe him

BobSav · December 31, 2009 3:47AM

1,455,000 Cents (pennies) would weigh just under 10,000 pounds. 9965 pound to be exact.

5 tons of pennies , I don't think so.

Bob

A picture is worth a thousand words

Bigrig52 · December 31, 2009 3:49AM

I can beleive it.There is a guy in Joplin,Mo with about 1 million wheats in his living room in boxes..His floor sags..(LOL) It's the truth

adamlaneus · December 31, 2009 3:54AM

Ten million wheat cents at 3.1 grams each comes out to about 68,343 pounds.

That's a little more than a large semi-truck can carry.

It's certainly more than a wood frame house can bear.

I do know that my local B+M coin dealer was approached by a fellow that wanted to sell about 700 pounds of cents. 700 pounds would probably put my vehicle on it's suspension bump-stops.

compromonedas · December 31, 2009 3:56AM

This is just a follow up on my previous post
http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=667114&highlight_key=y
Now my goal is 10 million
Bob, by the way i really dont care if you believe it or not, jus check my post history to see if this is BS

keith

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SilverEagles92 · December 31, 2009 3:58AM

It says your photobucket account is inactive so we can't see the pictures!!

BobSav · December 31, 2009 3:59AM

link not working :}

Dokis · December 31, 2009 4:01AM

10 million seems like a stretch, but to the dedicated hoarder all is possible. Would you folks have believed Redfield if he were on this forum?

BloodMan · December 31, 2009 4:02AM

You have increased your goal to 10 million!

Way to go Keith!

adamlaneus · December 31, 2009 4:06AM

Sort of interesting when coin collecting transcends into the realm of foundation stability and local soil load bearing capability.

Coll3ctor · December 31, 2009 4:08AM

Keith, have you checked the dates on all of these ? If so what is your best find ?

compromonedas · December 31, 2009 4:13AM

Will post new pictures before the end of the day. most of this are common dates (just a random sample) I had check maybe less than 1%, my idea is to spend my retirement years looking into the hoard (about 20 years from now!)
Keith

guitarwes · December 31, 2009 4:15AM

His next money makin' venture is to charge cherrypicker's $25/hour to go through them......

Coll3ctor · December 31, 2009 4:17AM

<< <i>Will post new pictures before the end of the day. most of this are common dates (just a random sample) I had check maybe less than 1%, my idea is to spend my retirement years looking into the hoard (about 20 years from now!)
Keith

>>

I hope the hell your eyes hold up

Coinosaurus · December 31, 2009 4:25AM

10,000,000 pennies can be formed by a cube with 215 pennies in each dimension. Doesn't seem like so many when you think of it that way.....

Or if you stacked up 20 rolls to make a thousand pennies, then you would need a cube of 100 rolls X 100 rolls X 20 rolls high. It would take up the larger part of a bedroom.

I would really like to know how Compromonedas is storing these & if he is concerned about his house caving in.

ElKevvo · December 31, 2009 4:27AM

Well I noticed he lives in Texas so unless it is in an older, like way older house in the country the house is build on a concrete slab with no basement. You can really load up the weight on those with no problem!

Cool goal I guess....and I suppose the reason why is 'just because'. I wish I had the room in my house for a project like that!

K

Barry · December 31, 2009 4:51AM

Just keep your eyes open for a newspaper headline: "Texas house swallowed in sinkhole."

compromonedas · December 31, 2009 5:01AM

<< <i>10,000,000 pennies can be formed by a cube with 215 pennies in each dimension. Doesn't seem like so many when you think of it that way.....

Or if you stacked up 20 rolls to make a thousand pennies, then you would need a cube of 100 rolls X 100 rolls X 20 rolls high. It would take up the larger part of a bedroom.

I would really like to know how Compromonedas is storing these & if he is concerned about his house caving in. >>

old pictures- about a year ago

scotty1418 · December 31, 2009 5:05AM

Still not working

Baley · December 31, 2009 5:22AM

My goal is to have a billion nickels by the time I'm 62, 20 years from now.

So far I have 347 nickels toward my goal. Only 999,999,653 nickels to go!

(no pictures)

AUandAG · December 31, 2009 5:38AM

<< <i>Will post new pictures before the end of the day. most of this are common dates (just a random sample) I had check maybe less than 1%, my idea is to spend my retirement years looking into the hoard (about 20 years from now!)
Keith

>>

That will not be fun. If you are like most of us retirees your eyes won't be able to handle the search.
You best search them now and then put those away, separately, and you'll be better off.

Good luck,
bob

PS: I don't bother to even look at cents anymore. Trifocals, loupes, headaches, etc.

davewesen · December 14, 2018 5:53PM

What is the latest on your wheat collection and goal? How many 55 gallon drums are in your garage now?

ricko · December 15, 2018 2:30PM

Time for an update @compromonedas ....Ten years down the road... Whacha got now??? Cheers, RickO

OldEastside · December 15, 2018 2:35PM

Hmm, I'm not sure I believe you and if your from Georgia or Florida, I want a recount
That's a lot of wheat cents

Steve

david3142 · December 15, 2018 7:37PM

@Baley said:
My goal is to have a billion nickels by the time I'm 62, 20 years from now.

So far I have 347 nickels toward my goal. Only 999,999,653 nickels to go!

(no pictures)

Pictures or I don’t believe it!

I have about 4000 nickels to help get you there. A full canvas bag of 1963-D (minus a few I had slabbed).

Timbuk3 · December 16, 2018 12:32AM

Any current status from the original poster ?

Tibor · December 16, 2018 1:35AM

He/she was on forum 3 days ago.

privatecoin · December 16, 2018 2:52AM

@Tibor said:
He/she was on forum 3 days ago.

Probably counting to answer the question.

keets · December 16, 2018 4:17AM

my boss is a prolific Cent buyer, we currently have around 100 bags of Wheat Cents(5,000/bag) in the store and, yes, they have all been searched and sorted --- Teens, 20's, 30's, 40's/50's, AU and "S" Mint --- by either the person(s) we bought them from or by us, mostly by us. my perception of hell is sorting Wheat Cents with headphones on listening to Elvis Presley!! it can be a daunting task on some really slow, boring days.

at one point culminating around early 2014 he had accumulated over 300 bags, 1.5 million searched Wheat Cents. he finally sold them to Silvertowne and it took them two trips in three vans to haul them away. we used to tube the coins by better dates and found at least one example of every key date except a 1955 DDO.

mr1931S · December 16, 2018 5:01AM

we used to tube the coins by better dates and found at least one example of every key date except a 1955 DDO.

What was the condition of 1909 S V.D.B and was it verified as authentic?

Hemispherical · December 16, 2018 9:31PM

Finally found the thread with working pictures.

All I can say is WOW, what a plan for retirement @compromonedas.

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/819143/my-wheat-cents-hoard

One of the pics

ChrisRx · December 16, 2018 9:40PM

@Hemispherical said:
Finally found the thread with working pictures.

All I can say is WOW, what a plan for retirement @compromonedas.

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/819143/my-wheat-cents-hoard

One of the pics

Poor mailman!!!

Akbeez · December 16, 2018 10:14PM

How much do those trash cans weigh each?

ifthevamzarockin · December 17, 2018 12:00AM

And just to let your heirs know how you really feel about them, buy them all a Cherrypickers' Guide right before you die.

metalmeister · December 17, 2018 12:16AM

Brute trash cans should do an ad campaign with this. That hoard would no doubt split my plastic trash cans. btw, What does the Wife say?

Gluggo · December 17, 2018 12:40AM

@Hemispherical said:
Finally found the thread with working pictures.

All I can say is WOW, what a plan for retirement @compromonedas.

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/819143/my-wheat-cents-hoard

One of the pics

I hate to say this but I think you have a Serious problem. I guess it’s better than having thousands of cats in your house.

BlindedByEgo · December 17, 2018 12:46AM

I'm stuck on how a poster can have 1 visit but 1,167 posts... Does he ever log out?

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