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  • TurtleCat
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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.

  • savitale
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    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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  • sellitstore
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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.

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  • ddostie900
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    I think I know the hoard of which you speak. I contributed a bit to it.

  • yspsales
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    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.

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  • Glen2022
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    Last update 8/2020. How many now?

  • Connecticoin
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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.

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  • gumby1234
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    What price would copper need to be in order to recoup the money spent buying these and shipping cost?

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  • mr1931S
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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.

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  • WilliamF
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    Cripes! I thought I had a lot of these at 15'000 cents :open_mouth::open_mouth:

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  • Glen2022
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    @gumby1234 said:
    What price would copper need to be in order to recoup the money spent buying these and shipping cost?

    Also must consider lost opportunities if he had invested the money elsewhere, real estate, stocks, bonds or even coins.

  • Abehunter
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    Words can't say what I'm thinkin,thinking, than that is cool as s_ _ _!!!

  • Modwriter
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    As I was re-visting this thread, a Die Hard 3 quote came to mind for some reason.
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  • SoCalBigMark
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    Some things presumed in this thread are false.

  • Raybo
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    @SoCalBigMark said:
    Some things presumed in this thread are false.

    Like?

  • DCW
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    Where is the OP?

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  • Goldbully
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    Any physics guys here able to figure the weight of one of those cans?

  • ifthevamzarockin
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    @Goldbully said:
    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. ;)

  • Goldbully
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    @ifthevamzarockin said:

    @Goldbully said:
    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.

  • 1630Boston
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    @Goldbully said:
    Any physics guys here able to figure the weight of one of those cans?

    How many cents does he have?

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  • AlanSki
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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.

  • ifthevamzarockin
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    @1630Boston said:
    How many cents does he have?

    It appears it was an estimated 2 million about 2 years ago, no update to say how many has been added since.

  • 1630Boston
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    @ifthevamzarockin said:

    @1630Boston said:
    How many cents does he have?

    It appears it was an estimated 2 million about 2 years ago, no update to say how many has been added since.

    @Goldbully said:
    Any physics guys here able to figure the weight of one of those cans?

    Well at 3.11 grams each that would be..

    6.22 tons :D

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  • ifthevamzarockin
    ifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,915 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    If you searched 2500 coins per day it would take over 2 years to search them. :D

  • WillieBoyd2
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    You load 6.22 tons and what do you get?
    Another day older and deeper in debt.
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    :)

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  • OAKSTAR
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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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  • Kurisu
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    @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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  • ifthevamzarockin
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    @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?

  • CoffeeTime
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    That is an impressive hobby just collecting the wheat cents. At some point it becomes hoarding, but you’re not there yet (almost)

  • Namvet69
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    Does Coinstar have a mega kiosk? Does Brinks have a front-end loader armored car? Peace Roy

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  • Modwriter
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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?

  • LanceNewmanOCC
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    @oilers99 said:
    Welcome back - Wheat cent King

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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.

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  • Steven59
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    @Goldbully said:
    How about flooring?

    I would have fixed that crappy looking wood moulding trim first!

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  • LanceNewmanOCC
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    @Goldbully said:
    How about flooring?

    .
    what a fun entryway!

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  • Estil
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    @vplite99 said:
    You don't own a hoard like that, it owns you.

    Just like how there is no such thing as a cat "owner". Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.

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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

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    And my wife thinks I'm crazy, just because I have four antique tractors, and never farmed...

  • Estil
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    @OAKSTAR said:
    How about a car? 😂🤣

    Can you imagine if somehow all the pennies on that car are the same model year as the car?

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  • OAKSTAR
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    @Estil said:

    @OAKSTAR said:
    How about a car? 😂🤣

    Can you imagine if somehow all the pennies on that car are the same model year as the car?

    Never thought of that. What year is that car anyway?

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  • BuffaloIronTail
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    @Downtown1974 said:
    That stash of gold $20s is just jaw dropping.

    There are people who have the means to own something like that. It doesn't surprise me at all.

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  • World67
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    @Ownerofawheatiehorde :*

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    @Manifest_Destiny said:
    @Ownerofawheatiehorde :*

    I have crumbs compared to this guy. :wink:

    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. :D

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