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Bedrock of the Community
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Whoa baby!  |
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My quaternary investment strategy may pay off after all.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I wonder if those have been searched.  |
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Of that I am almost certain. |
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Valued Member
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Haven't posted in this thread in a while, but I'm now over 54k in copper pennies. Let's see when I can hit 100k Cheers! |
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Yikes @all. If my math is right, you've got a little under 400 pounds of them lying around.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Quote:Haven't posted in this thread in a while, but I'm now over 54k in copper pennies. Let's see when I can hit 100k  |
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Valued Member
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 I collected copper pennies when I lived in Panama, including Panamanian copper pennies (made at the US mint with identical planchets as US pennies of the time). A few are corroded but there are still quite a few in decent condition. |
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Nice group!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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based on today's spot prices, it takes 1236 pounds of copper (1377 pounds of pennies) to equal one ounce of gold ... hmmm  ... that being said, I also hoard copper pennies ...  Edited by mrwiskers
10/23/2024 6:23 pm
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Quote:based on today's spot prices, it takes 1236 pounds of copper (1377 pounds of pennies) to equal 1 ounce of gold ... hmmm  Quote:
... that being said, I also hoard copper pennies ... |
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I was foolish enough to hoard cents in 1981-82 because of the copper shortage. Spot copper has appreciated over the years, but I thought I'd be able to find lots of rare, valuable coins when I reviewed them. About 30lbs of cents. Very little of them were "fresh". I had not kept them safe from environmental damage. In hindsight, I should have just taken them to a coin machine!
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I had not kept them safe from environmental damage. In hindsight, I should have just taken them to a coin machine!  A coin machine may still take most of them. |
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Do your hoarded copper cents include Wheaties or do you separate those out? That's what I do but I don't have a ton of them lying around. Wrapping up cents is not cost effective to me.
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@boss, in general wheat cents are worth three to five cents each and therefore are worth separating for sale.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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