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Well the verdict is...

they all are in "Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis" wrappers. It appears they are all unopened original rolls of 1973-D and 1974-D. So they are all copper. Not sure if there are anything special to look for in those as far as errors to warrant opening them. So for now I emptied two boxes of cents and put these in there. :) I was hoping they were 1972s, but no such luck this time!
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1973D and 1974D have nothing known that would warrant busting a bunch of rolls just to look for something. And they wouldn't be 'errors' - they would be 'die varieties'. Nobody ever knows whether errors will or will not be in any given date because of the nature of how they are made. Die varieties, on the other hand, are a lot easier to track - yet another thing that makes them NOT errors.

There are a couple of decent 1973D repunched mintmarks, but they are rather difficult to locate. I buy 1973D and 1974D rolls at $1 each.
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I was hoping to hear you found a million dollar score. Oh well, still not a total waste.
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It appears they are all unopened original rolls of 1973-D and 1974-D. So they are all copper.
Well, still better than rolls of corroded Zincolns.
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Heck, they are pure copper. I bet they are pretty.
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Thats a decent find. Better than getting rolls of zincs. You had use all drolling though. That is why I love coin collecting.
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sell it on ebay for $50 :)
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Original rolls on ebay in quantity bring bid+. Single rolls, or maybe ten rolls at a time, should bring a premium. I suggest ten, to cut down on pro-rated shipping cost.
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I sure would want to peak in the rest of the rolls. Next one could be a roll of ...
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Heck, they are pure copper. I bet they are pretty.

No Lincoln Cent is pure copper. These are a 95% copper alloy. which is something that a LOT of people forget when keeping these things for their melt value. There's always a rather large expense in separating the copper from the 5% zinc these contain.
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