Coin Sorter/Counter

gene1978 · February 26, 2011 7:26AM

I been buying a lot of pennies and the ones that I do not keep for myself. I hand count them into 1,000 Count bags to sell. Are there any good sorter you can buy that would help with the counting of the pennies? If so which ones.

SaorAlba · February 26, 2011 7:41AM

aye yeah aye, one of my banks has one of those machines I dump the cents into and they do not charge me because I have an account there. I have about 800 lbs of the little devils now and recently stopped buying more and sifting through for coppers.

tahoe98 · February 26, 2011 7:50AM

...i don't have one of those fine banks like that. wish i did.

PerryHall · February 26, 2011 8:14AM

You could try a Coin Star machine.

tahoe98 · February 26, 2011 9:21AM

<< <i>You could try a Coin Star machine.

>>

...true true, but i like free!

gene1978 · February 26, 2011 11:40AM

These aew Wheat Pennies.

vann · February 26, 2011 11:46AM

You could use a penny sorter or coin counting tray (check Amazon). A machine to automatically count them would be too expensive to use for counting pennies.

AMRC · February 26, 2011 12:05PM

Yes, they are called your kids. Make them earn those cornflakes!

GrumpyEd · February 26, 2011 12:18PM

How about using a good scale.
Count out a 1000 in the same bags you're using then match that weight and toss in a few extras to be sure it's at least 1000.

That's a lot faster than counting and scales are cheaper than counter. You also might have other uses for a decent scale.

drwstr123 · February 26, 2011 12:56PM

In addition to coins, I collect coin-operated machines. I suggest purchasing (ie: auction, eBay, coin-op sites, etc.)
an antique coin sorting/counting machine. Use for your needs, then sell it, possibly for a profit.

66Tbird · February 26, 2011 1:04PM

I sold a cent sorted that I'd made a while back. Used it to separate the coppers from the zincs. If your into fabrication it really wasn't hard. I used a coin conparitor from a vending machine (ebay $14) It didn't count but sure made two piles in a hurry. If I would of wanted to do rolling I would of set the discharge channel up to get the coin rolling then rolled them over holes that hold 50 .Fun project.

coindeuce · February 26, 2011 1:07PM

Weight basis is the easiest method of accounting for wheats or copper memorials. I forgot what the exact count is per pound (avoirdupois), but once you've established that, a fairly accurate bathroom scale or desktop postal scale is all you need. Keep it simple stupid is the catch phrase here. Unless the market value of copper Lincolns goes a hellalot higher than it is now, you can estimate a 1000 count bag will weigh 7 lbs.

In the Troy measurement system, 100 circ. copper Lincolns ($1.00 face) should weigh almost exactly 10 troy ounces. If you have the use of a triple beam balance scale, the above standard should make counting by weight fairly efficient also.

gene1978 · February 26, 2011 11:22PM

<< <i>Yes, they are called your kids. Make them earn those cornflakes! >>

3 1/2 year old counting to a 1,000 might be a little much and my 9 year old is ADHD.

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