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Valued Member
United States
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I was curious, do many of you collect the pre 1982 copper cents? If you do and are selling them for the copper value, where are you selling them?
Thanks
Brent
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 Lots of people collect those. Some are known as hoarders of just Copper. Others take them to smelters where they are given Copper prices for them. Some actually use them in Albums and Folders as collectors. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i hold on to them. dont see a the point of selling them now. sure if my stock gets to big my wife will kill me or I will just move it to the attic.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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just carl. why would smelters buy them ? They're illegal to melt and probably will be for a while.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I just hoard them. I figure eventually they will lift the melt ban when ever they get rid of the Cent
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Valued Member
United States
493 Posts |
I collect them, hoard them, fill albums, coin tubes, etc. with LMC's. You can find them for sale on E-bay, not the greatest margins but some people are into it. I guess the cheapest way to ship them is usually USPS. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have about 18 pounds worth, not quite sure why I save them.
To drive my wife nuts I guess
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Valued Member
United States
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hi. I was just wondering how many pounds are in say a box of 50 rolls of copper cents ? thanks Jake
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7840 Posts |
Approx 150 copper cents per pound.
2500 / 150 = 16.7 pounds (roughly)
Edited by oih82w8
12/19/2011 8:24 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pman - if you stock of them gets so big that you move them to the attic, I hope you have good strong studs up there or they may fall through and kill you and your wife won't have to.  I hoard them also, but mine are in the basement so they can't hurt me. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I started out as a copper hoarder a little over 1 year ago and initially didnt pay attention to all the cool varieties and errors of lincoln cents. Now I am more interested in finding the cool varieties/errors and wheats, but I am still hoarding the copper. I am at about 650 lbs.
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Valued Member
United States
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Meh.....I move a lot so I don't get the luxury of hoarding so I just trade them in for face value
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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When you just separate them from your change it you don't even notice the pennies. They don't cost much to get and you don't miss it. But over the years it does add up. I have been separating them in my change for probably 20 years and occasionally I will get rolls. I think I have about 300 lbs. I don't plan to cash them in until it is legal to do so. When I do cash them in, I probably will use the money to buy another coin. It is more fun that way.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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ive been hoarding copper for so many yrs I cant even remember I have hundreds of thousands of pre 1982 pennies takes up a whole garage LOL in large sack bags people assume theres like sand or dirt in those bags LOL
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