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Pillar of the Community
United States
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"is copper being removed?"
Slowly but surely
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have not gotten a single copper cent from Brinks rolls in at least six months. I do customer rolls only anymore.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Definitely !! I have searched rolls since before there were zinc pennies. And the last time was about 2 years ago and I saw my copper percentage had dropped to about 22% back then. Hey they have to be going somewhere  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I have not gotten a single copper cent from Brinks rolls in at least six months. I do customer rolls only anymore. Lancaster is not far from me. The Great Copper Caper must be heading south. |
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 United States
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its not worth it for the government to remove copper pennies because they would have to replace them with new ones. Now if they decided to abolish the penny, well thats when they might start removing the copper pennies to melt them. Makes sense to me.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
979 Posts |
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its not worth it for the government to remove copper pennies because they would have to replace them with new ones. Now if they decided to abolish the penny, well thats when they might start removing the copper pennies to melt them. True, they would spend more in the replacement process than the metal is worth! This theory just got logic'D! |
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Valued Member
United States
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I haven't been doing it long, but in the few months I've been sorting through boxes, I've hovered steady at around 20% copper, or roughly $5 out of $25 total, and they ALL have been shrink wrapped rolls. Seems hard to find CWR in my area, or a bank that will look for them. But because I've been seeing copper in that kind of numbers, I haven't pushed the issue with my banks.
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Valued Member
United States
376 Posts |
May be a dumb question, but cent rolls come in $0.50 right? I've recently been interested in collecting old cents and copper cents, and I may go get my first few rolls from the bank tomorrow.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If I had to be afraid of asking a 'dumb question' every time that I needed to know an answer, I would have never asked hardly any questions in my life. The bottom line is to never be afraid of asking a 'dumb' question since more than likely multiple individuals are out there reading this thread having the same fear of asking the same or some other incorrectly-perceived-to-be 'dumb' question. The answer to one's 'dumb' question will most likely benefit any and all interested parties who were afraid to take the risk to ask the same question... And 'yes' each bank roll contains fifty (50) US or Canadian cents. One may find the following thread useful on this and similar subjects: http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...PIC_ID=16255fyi, mdpmedia |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
979 Posts |
colu41, you should definitely try it! its fun, easy, and really cheap! Get customer wrapped rolls (not machine rolled) and when the roll looks old or odd, get those! Worst case scenario you give them the coins back. Mark your rolls so you don't look through them again!
Good luck!
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Valued Member
United States
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There WAS a contract by Brinks to pull out copper cents. My understanding is that it was cancelled for various reasons. So there are boxes 100% zinc out there and boxes 100% copper out there. Naturally, about a 3 to 1 ratio means you'll most likely being getting zincs.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
965 Posts |
I'm helping Gresham's Law a little bit.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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There WAS a contract by Brinks to pull out copper cents. My understanding is that it was cancelled for various reasons. Where did you hear this from? I'd be interested in learning more, if they have stopped pulling the copper cents I may start roll hunting again. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The government is culling all silver, copper and Nickel from circulation. I think I would just stop hunting, it is a waste of time and energy. You're joking, right? It would cost more money to replace these than they would make from culling. |
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New Member
United States
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I recently got my first skunk box from brinks. Hadn't done much CRHing for the past 5 months or so, went and got a brinks, and the thing was all zinc. I've done maybe 10 brinks boxes in the past year and that was the first skunk.
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