I wonder if he’s going for a world record for biggest coin hoard? I can’t imagine any private citizen would have more individual coins than him at this point.
This is still one of the top threads ever for me. Yes, its a hoard, but not a hoard like a disorganized mess. It's actually very neatly arranged given the nature of the coins. I hope he makes it to ten million.
I knew of a hoard in the Hudson Valley that hit 1,000,000 Wheaties about 20-25 years ago. Don't know if it still exists or if the owner has been adding to it.
If the ban on melting or exporting cents is lifted, these might be worth more as metal right now than coins, probably better than 3 cents each. And nickels may exceed their face value, too, in metallic content.
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@TwoSides2aCoin said:
Didn't he acquire the first MS -70 Lincoln Cent that turned in the holder ? My recall might be off.
Gotta love the collectors and hoarders, just the same.
Yes he did (its his icon). I don't think a MS-70 non-satin finish Lincoln has been graded since.
Cripes! I thought I had a lot of these at 15'000 cents
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As I was re-visting this thread, a Die Hard 3 quote came to mind for some reason.
"Yesterday we were an army with no country, tomorrow we must decide which country we want to buy!" Simon Gruber
@compromonedas said:
<< How much does one of those trash cans weigh? Do you have a fork truck to move them? >>
About 1000 pounds each, 33-34 bags each.
I dont have a fork truck. i place the cans again the wall and start filling them up.
I hope I will never have to move it.
I plan to keep them until i die so my son (now 14 y/o) will take care of it!!!!
Keith
If you start filling up a large pool instead...you only have one thing to fill up and you never have to worry about moving it lol.
And it won't matter for your son who'll be posting here in a few decades..."Anyone know the best way to empty an Olympic sized pool filled with Wheat Cents?!"...."There are a couple Ferraris at the bottom I need to get to!"
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I had to move my coins to my new home. We spent about 10 hours, between 5 of us moving only the coins. Will never do this again. Ready to sell everything. My plan was to hoard 10M wheats but they are getting more expensive now.
@compromonedas"I had to move my coins to my new home. We spent about 10 hours, between 5 of us moving only the coins. Will never do this again. Ready to sell everything."
How many more have you added since your last update?
@ifthevamzarockin said: @compromonedas"I had to move my coins to my new home. We spent about 10 hours, between 5 of us moving only the coins. Will never do this again. Ready to sell everything."
How many more have you added since your last update?
Not many. I just got several more bags of mint sealed bag of wheat cents
Keith
no offense to the OP but i've seen bigger. much bigger and have heard stories of bigger than the ones i've seen which were measure by the yard, height, width and depth. fwiw
some shops around the country have gold and silver bars on pallets. i've seen/held some before. i'm sure some people here could tell stories like we'd never believe.
i've also seen those huge ballistic bags on shelves, in rows. my mind struggled to imagine how the shelves could hold that much weight!
I would start searching for the 09S VDB. Since I can be pretty sure it'd be the last coin you would look at, I'd look at the last coin first, save all that time and have that elusive key coin graded for posterity! You're welcome! LOL
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I wonder if he’s going for a world record for biggest coin hoard? I can’t imagine any private citizen would have more individual coins than him at this point.
This is still one of the top threads ever for me. Yes, its a hoard, but not a hoard like a disorganized mess. It's actually very neatly arranged given the nature of the coins. I hope he makes it to ten million.
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I knew of a hoard in the Hudson Valley that hit 1,000,000 Wheaties about 20-25 years ago. Don't know if it still exists or if the owner has been adding to it.
If the ban on melting or exporting cents is lifted, these might be worth more as metal right now than coins, probably better than 3 cents each. And nickels may exceed their face value, too, in metallic content.
I think I know the hoard of which you speak. I contributed a bit to it.
Gotta like the humble brag with a portion of the car shown.
I glanced at the price chart for copper and he never saw $8 but we are back to $4 from roughly $2
He is tapping into all my fragile man child jealousies.
Exceptionally cool car.
Obsessively large hoard of Lincoln Cents.
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Last update 8/2020. How many now?
Yes he did (its his icon). I don't think a MS-70 non-satin finish Lincoln has been graded since.
What price would copper need to be in order to recoup the money spent buying these and shipping cost?
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Have a hoard of 10M wheat cents and you have .0384% of all wheat cents ever made. Almost 4/100 of 1%, in other words.
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves” (Matthew 7:15, KJV)
Cripes! I thought I had a lot of these at 15'000 cents
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Also must consider lost opportunities if he had invested the money elsewhere, real estate, stocks, bonds or even coins.
Words can't say what I'm thinkin,thinking, than that is cool as s_ _ _!!!
This thread needed a resurrection. It's one of those forum classics.
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As I was re-visting this thread, a Die Hard 3 quote came to mind for some reason.
"Yesterday we were an army with no country, tomorrow we must decide which country we want to buy!" Simon Gruber
Some things presumed in this thread are false.
Like?
You don't own a hoard like that, it owns you.
Where is the OP?
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Any physics guys here able to figure the weight of one of those cans?
On page 1 the OP says they weigh about 1,000 pounds each.
Oh yes, thank you.
What an amazing story.
How many cents does he have?
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Probably not even a dent in the budget considering there is a Ferrari also in the garage. You need to fill a commercial dumpster now.
It appears it was an estimated 2 million about 2 years ago, no update to say how many has been added since.
Well at 3.11 grams each that would be..
6.22 tons
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If you searched 2500 coins per day it would take over 2 years to search them.
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I must be dyslexic. When I saw this thread, I saw the word cents but my brain was saying sense. 🤣 😂
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If you start filling up a large pool instead...you only have one thing to fill up and you never have to worry about moving it lol.
And it won't matter for your son who'll be posting here in a few decades..."Anyone know the best way to empty an Olympic sized pool filled with Wheat Cents?!"...."There are a couple Ferraris at the bottom I need to get to!"
Coins are Neato!
"If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone...somewhere...is making a penny." - Steven Wright
GM
I had to move my coins to my new home. We spent about 10 hours, between 5 of us moving only the coins. Will never do this again. Ready to sell everything. My plan was to hoard 10M wheats but they are getting more expensive now.
Welcome back - Wheat cent King
@compromonedas "I had to move my coins to my new home. We spent about 10 hours, between 5 of us moving only the coins. Will never do this again. Ready to sell everything."
How many more have you added since your last update?
That is an impressive hobby just collecting the wheat cents. At some point it becomes hoarding, but you’re not there yet (almost)
Does Coinstar have a mega kiosk? Does Brinks have a front-end loader armored car? Peace Roy
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Yes, it would be interesting to know how one would sell this size of a coin collection. Re-bagged in 5,000's? @compromonedas Did you save the bags?
I can see it now on eBay:
UNSEARCHED HOARD!!!
BUY BY THE BARREL OR THE POUND!!
LAST CUSTOMER FOUND A STEEL CENT, MAYBE YOU WILL FIND A KEY DATE?
Price $50, Shipping $1000.
Not many. I just got several more bags of mint sealed bag of wheat cents
Keith
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perhaps a prince?
no offense to the OP but i've seen bigger. much bigger and have heard stories of bigger than the ones i've seen which were measure by the yard, height, width and depth. fwiw
some shops around the country have gold and silver bars on pallets. i've seen/held some before. i'm sure some people here could tell stories like we'd never believe.
i've also seen those huge ballistic bags on shelves, in rows. my mind struggled to imagine how the shelves could hold that much weight!
crazy stuff.
How about flooring?
I would have fixed that crappy looking wood moulding trim first!
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
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what a fun entryway!
Just like how there is no such thing as a cat "owner". Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.
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Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
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I would start searching for the 09S VDB. Since I can be pretty sure it'd be the last coin you would look at, I'd look at the last coin first, save all that time and have that elusive key coin graded for posterity! You're welcome! LOL
How about a car? 😂🤣
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And my wife thinks I'm crazy, just because I have four antique tractors, and never farmed...
Can you imagine if somehow all the pennies on that car are the same model year as the car?
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Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
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629,630,632,644,645,646,648,649,650,658,671,672,673,680,683,688,692,715,735,739,740,744,750
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Never thought of that. What year is that car anyway?
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There are people who have the means to own something like that. It doesn't surprise me at all.
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I have crumbs compared to this guy.
I’m not sure why I named my account Ownerofawheatiehoard, I’ve never been interested in wheat cents. Might have to try to get it changed.