Is It Worthwhile To Hoard Copper Pennies?

I bury mine around on my property for someone to discover in the future. I have a 5 gallon water jug and a couple large coffee cans buried right now and have a full coffee can waiting to be buried

I purged mine for those reasons and more. Nobody is getting rich from copper, it's heavy and takes up space. We have TRILLIONS of pennies floating around and we will for decades. Hopefully congress takes the next step and eliminates them completely so there's no chance of them coming back.

I've been tossing my pre-82's in a bucket for years. I also remember tossing 90% silver coins in a can back in 1966.

I had fun, mine were all acquired while searching for the good stuff. Just over one 5 gallon pail. I did sell a few lots out of them even. The pail was immovable, I pulled the handle clean off trying (it was an industrial pail too). The next day the trips to the coin star started. I was sick of that pail taking space by my coin work area.

In the end my hunch was correct. With all the trouble, time, gas, etc. that it cost me get rid of them - I certainly lost money even with the lots I sold. HOWEVER, I did pluck out some awesome coins from circulation (bags, rolls, pocket change) for my collection. It was the pail was essentially garbage to me because every single coin had been examined.