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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Because we do here a lot in America. Edited by orange26
11/18/2025 7:58 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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No 13 years is a long time ago .
We hardly even use five or ten cent coins anymore.
Pretty much all useless due to inflation.
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Moderator
United States
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That seems accurate to me.  |
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Australia
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Metal detectorists would still find them in parks, playgrounds etc, but nobody would be getting them in change, so there's no source of fresh coins people are casually throwing away for them to appear on the surface in abundance.
"Pennies on the ground" in the US will disappear within a couple of months of the penny itself disappearing from circulation. Especially given that Zincolns are basically water-soluble, so any pennies remaining on the ground will simply dissolve away in the rain, leaving just a small patch of contaminated soil.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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See a penny pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck
Give it to a faithful friend, then you'll both have nought to spend
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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United States
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pennies remaining on the ground will simply dissolve away in the rain, leaving just a small patch of contaminated soil.  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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I see to find a lot of dimes. Can't recall the last time I found a penny.
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Valued Member
Canada
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For the last ten years or so, the few pennies I have found on the ground here in Canada have all been American, likely thrown away because they can't be spent up here anymore with Canadian pennies. I would also see the occasional American penny in the charity boxes at Tim's and other businesses for the same reason. Now that the US has eliminated the penny that will also stop.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I was preparing a super-long post to bore everyone, about the money I've found since 1993. It was all kept separate from anything else and was counted in 2009 and just now in 2025, to sort it all out and get rid of it. From November 1993 until January 2009, I found 1194 cents (about 80/yr). From 2009 until now, 495. After 2012, I've found 5-10 but only up to 2013/14, so it was more than 100 per year previously. 97 of the 1689 found were US = less than 1 %- .57%. Some were beauties, others were goners.   |
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United States
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From November 1993 until January 2009, I found 1194 cents (about 80/yr). From 2009 until now, 495. After 2012, I've found 5-10 but only up to 2013/14, so it was more than 100 per year previously... Very interesting results, thank you for sharing the totals.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I keep tripping over coffee cans of Canadian pennies I bought back in 2012. Thought they would be worth "small" fortune 12 or so years later, boy was I wrong... I have some nice shinny Zincs... maybe in a hundred years or so Zinc with be worth some thing. The pre 1996 and older are at least worth their weight in copper.
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Posted 11/18/2025 5:55 pm
