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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Approx $5 face in copper cents. I don't go out of my way to get them but save them if I find them in change.
(Not including Wheat Cents, which I keep as collectables, not for copper content).
Edited by Joe2007
04/08/2016 1:10 pm
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New Member
United States
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hey I'm new here.
i was looking over my collection and I have about $2500. in pre 1982 cents. the bulk is wheat. I still have two water barrel that I didn't search as of yet. this is exciting.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I do not try to hoard copper cents ... but have ended up with a good amount.
Over 5000 rolled cents, wheat and BU 1959 and up.
A lot more in bags a jars that I doubt I will ever go thru.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Life's too short to horde copper.
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New Member
United States
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850. all used, nothing pretty, some are ancient
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2843 Posts |
I can't stop myself from holding onto all copper cents that I come across. Luckily, nobody uses cents anymore, so I don't have too many.
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Moderator
 United States
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I keep all of mine as well. I have no idea how many I have, but it probably a lot less than I think. I do not get as much change as I uses to, thanks for the ease and ubiquity of electronic payments.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Technically bronze, not copper. I have enough that they're hard to move around without breaking my back.
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Moderator
United States
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Technically bronze, not copper. Technically cents, not pennies, but we all know what greenprint meant.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
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Despite not living in the USA, I still managed to hoard a few hundred of them. Not for the copper content, but simply because I got them and it's not so possible to spend them here and I really don't care bringing them to the USA every time: there are restrictions on maximum hand luggage weight.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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I have about $300 worth. I would, one day, like to get rid of them. It gets heavy after a hundred dollars.
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Moderator
United States
14463 Posts |
In my bulk coins, I have about $14 in copper LMC and just over 1 roll of LWC. I don't coin roll hunt, so most of those were from change. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
All that I have are about 5,000 wheats rolled up. About 1,000+ were found dirtfishing.
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
Canada
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Not to beat a dead horse, but I spoke on fact (copper/bronze/brass) not nomenclature (inane pennies versus cents "debate").
ANYHOO...
If anything I collect them up because you'll never find pennies ever again in Canada, and especially not the older types. I can always roll them up with added goodies to make fantasy coin rolls for the future generations. I used to be able to buy boxes of pennies to hunt down copper-based coins and now that possibility is gone. You don't know what you've got till it's gone, as they say.
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United States
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Not to beat a dead horse, but I spoke on fact (copper/bronze/brass) not nomenclature (inane pennies versus cents "debate"). Fair enough, as long as this is a point of clarification and you are not saying greenprint is wrong. After all, calling them copper is appropriate given that they have a higher percentage of copper than silver coins have in silver. Quote:
If anything I collect them up because you'll never find pennies ever again in Canada, and especially not the older types. I can always roll them up with added goodies to make fantasy coin rolls for the future generations. I used to be able to buy boxes of pennies to hunt down copper-based coins and now that possibility is gone. You don't know what you've got till it's gone, as they say. Agreed!  |
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