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Pillar of the Community
United States
4085 Posts |
I keep them, roll them up in rolls and stash them in a box in the basement. They are 36 to nearly 50 years old at this point. I know they made a bunch but somebody's got to save a few. I've even got my wife trained now so that she can spot the coppers 95% of the time without even looking at the date based on strike, the rims and overall look. She's not a collector but she's stuck married to one and this is her fate.  Edited by KenKat
11/19/2018 8:13 pm
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Valued Member
United States
234 Posts |
Well it looks like I made it a 50-50 split with my response of 'keeping' them. To be honest, I'm not sure why I do but most probably has something to do with the hoarder in me. I have multiple bank bags full of them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
581 Posts |
Hoard the copper. It's the "poor man's" gold!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8516 Posts |
I have a five gallon bucket plus another a quarter full. I put the hoarders in the lead.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
717 Posts |
The poll is showing that the individuals who keep copper cents are pulling ahead with 55%.
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Valued Member
United States
116 Posts |
I used to keep them and now have a little over 400 pounds. Not sure what I'm going to do with them, annoy the bank by bring them all in or keep them in storage until they're worth something. Either way, I'm not sure if it was a good idea to keep them or not.
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Valued Member
United States
493 Posts |
I keep way to many of these, I will sort boxes and even track them. Here in the midwest I average 27-30% pre 1982 brass per $25 box with 8-12 wheats on average. My eyes are getting bad so I can't see them to well but I did find a 1960 D/D which is a top 100 RPM.
After a few years you start to wonder, what am I doing.. It's pretty likely I'll convert them into AU/AG and give up the sport eventually.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
I keep all 1982 Cents. Don't know why but I do.
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
I totally understand , I think most newbies save them too .  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4085 Posts |
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Valued Member
United States
271 Posts |
I've got a bag of copper cents that is so heavy that I can barely even move it anymore. I'm seriously wondering why I have been keeping these and sorting my cents. I never gave it much thought until I recently moved and realized that this sack of cents isn't really worth a great deal while being inconvenient.
Now, what to do with it?
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Moderator
 United States
34402 Posts |
As one of the folks who doesn't hoard copper, I have one two words for you: Coin Star.  "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."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3402 Posts |
I keep 'em...but have been finding less and less...used to go through rolls...I have a 5 gallen "Homer" Home Depot bucket full, plus a small sparkle bucket...I still test all the 1983s.
KK
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
Not worth hoarding, there will be a melt ban for who knows how long.
If I want scrap copper, there's a lot of it out there in other forms, and for free.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4211 Posts |
I spend them. Never even look at the dates.
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