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Pillar of the Community
United States
556 Posts |
Hi. Yeah, it's me again. Sorry for so many questions.
Anyway, I was wondering if Lincoln cents from the 60's were worth keeping or not because I've gotten a whole bunch of them from roll hunting.
Also, what about the 2009 Lincoln cents?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
561 Posts |
Personally, I keep a bucket off all of the copper pennies I find roll searching. Not sure we will ever do away with the penny but if they can be melted it will be free money. As for the 2009 I only save them if they are really sharp looking, but I have noticed that I don't seem to run across as many as I would expect so somebody must be hanging on to them.
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Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
 , CrazyCat and Merc Man! pre-82 cents have a copper content of around 2-3¢. 2009 cents have grabbed by hoarders, as well as not been released, because of slow economic demands and ppl recycling through Coinstar, because that's all the money they have. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Yes to both. I keep all copper cents -- although I do plan on selling them if I ever get organized.
And I keep all the 2009 zincolns that are still free of zinc rot. But I have not found more that a dozen worth keeping. I put them in coin tubes for now and I am hoping that is sufficient protection. They practically disintegrate on their own -- or so it seems to me. It's a pity.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1770 Posts |
yep keep them all love the 1960s pennies the color on some of them are really nice looking. you can always tell a penny from the 1960s 2009s well save the 2009 ( nickels and dimes )as well
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2295 Posts |
Hi CrazyCat and don't be afraid to post questions. That's what this forum is about. When you say worth keeping, I think you mean will increase in value over time? I personally don't see any reason to keep the copper Memorial cents from circulation, unless they are BU or proof. There might be a few people on ebay that sell them and it has to be a large collection of them, like a box, but with the fees, I doubt you'll much of any profit. If you want to collect them, there is nothing wrong with that. It is up to you. There are so many millions of 2009 cents saved in BU rolls, there is no point on saving large amounts of circulated ones, unless if you want them in your collection. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I don't keep any of those unless they are really almost UNC. Lots of people pile them up saying someday they'll make a fortune selling them since they are worth in Copper so much now. However, if the price of Copper falls, they now have a pile of coins for the banks. And no interest for all the years saved. They are heavy, take up room, make for little profit but are saved anyway.
As to the 2009 Cents, I'm starting to see a lot of them in change lately and fairly well beat up.
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Valued Member
United States
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If you run across any 1968-S or 1969-S cents in really nice shape, I'd recommend hanging on to them. They are somewhat rare as LMCs go (in relative terms of course). They might carry a decent premium someday.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2295 Posts |
Roll saving was huge in the 1960s, so many cents were saved as BU rolls. I doubt I'll see any LMC in circulated condition, sell above face value, that isn't a variety or error, of course. And I have many years to go.  |
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United States
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I save all 60's cent I get saving the better ones for my own rolls and the rest for copper. The 2009's I have 20 or so bank rolls of each and the US Mint 2 roll set of each do not save from circulation
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