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I weigh all the '82s I come across. I do exactly the same thing, capsnhawks. Sounds like there's more than a few nutcases here when it comes to coins!  I've actually gotten to the point where I can tell just by the look and feel of 'em which ones are copper and which are zinc. |
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Should I be keeping them? No, you should be giving the me for face value. I will trade a Kennedy half for each roll of wheats. (currently have 2000 halves I could trade for 2000 rolls of wheats.) It is really up to you what you do with them. I would trade as above with anyone like that, but they are something unique in this day and age and the last one given to me in change the girl said, "Meh, it's just a penny, it isn't worth anything". Maybe not, but was the 1944 S to fill the hole in my folder. If you are happy with what you are doing with them, then that is all that matters, nobody can tell you that you are doing your collection wrong, because it is YOUR collection. |
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United States
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I have no interest in keeping copper cents, but I do keep the wheats. Two years ago I scored not only 2 solid rolls of steels, but also 52 solid rolls of wheats at the CU. I also dig about 100 per year, and find a half dozen in change. My LCS is paying Two Cents ea. per wheat. When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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United States
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I keep them (pre '82) also. You should check out the thread: "Are you a Collector or Hoarder...."
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i keep all I find and then sell them when I hit 500. I continually upgrade my two sets and have two near complete sets of 1909-1940 and then two complete sets of 1940 - 1975.
I sell all the copper I get. I use the money from wheats to buy the rare ones I haven't found or buy silver. I sell the copper for money to buy silver.
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United States
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I keep all wheats with less than 25 million mintage. I figure they will command the best prices in the future. The rest, along with all pre 82 coppers I sell for silver money.
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United States
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I'd keep all 82 and older pennies as well as any BU zincs. The wheats and BU go in my coin box and the other coppers go into my big ammo box. Like most people have said it's up to you but wheats are probably my favorite coin because you can find them pretty easily in change and through CRH.
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United States
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My LCS buys at 2.5 cents per. I'd say sell them to a shop, but also I'd suggest saving anything pre-1940.
I hardly ever find anything from before 1940.
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United States
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Yeah, I keep all my pre 1940 wheat cents too.
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United States
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Regarding the 82's... I just do a coin flip with those. You can hear the copper ring when you flip it. The zincs don't ring at all.
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United States
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I have several rolls of wheat cents. What is the going rate for a roll of 1930`s all mints, no keys. Roll of 1929s and one of 1929d fine to vf+ and mixed rolls of 1920`s and 1910-1919 commons in avg circulated cond. I would consider trades for Indians in better cond. for my set of IHC, if I am allowed to do trades yet. I guess ebay, but I have never sold anything before. |
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250 posts and 3 months before you can sell/trade, stick with it  |
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 United States
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I have a couple of large glass jars that I keep all my coppers from CRH in, and a much, much smaller glass jar that holds the LWCs. They really don't take up that much room if you aren't going through hundreds of boxes, so I say keep all your LWCs.
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