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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi all,
I just wanted to get some views from you all why would you keep these lincoln cents aside and how much is to much?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2311 Posts |
They worth like 2 or 3 cents each. I got a roll or two saved. But I'm not going to stack up on them. I don't believe copper will sky-rock with high price. It's used it so many things but it's not rare. Old houses have tons of copper pipes and wires that people can rip out and sell. But only if they DON'T need it anymore! My dad is a contractor so I know about copper pipes and stuff.
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02/16/2013 1:40 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8516 Posts |
I do it just for the halibut. I go through lots of boxes roll searching Lincoln's for errors/varieties and toss the old coppers in a 5 gallon bucket. Working on my second bucket. (place your bucket where you want it while you still can  ) Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
899 Posts |
Actually - I just started saving my coppers... the price of copper has been going up along with all the other metals. While it won't currently make you a lot of money, at some point it will make it worth your while.
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Valued Member
United States
144 Posts |
I save copper pennies because they are easy to find now but will be more difficult to find in the future.
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Valued Member
United States
56 Posts |
Personally being a lover of the Lincoln Cent the copper are just more appealing to me. When the "zincolns" came out someone showed me that you could cut one in have using a scissors. Since that epiphany I lost respect for the newer coins. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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The none collector reason to save them is because the metal is worth more than face value. While the government will never allow them to be melted by the general population to make money off of them you can easily sell them in lots on ebay for more than face value and make a little bit of money off it. I wouldnt go out of my way roll searching them unless you like to collect them, but if you come across them theyre worth saving until you have enough to sell |
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Valued Member
United States
213 Posts |
You can never have too many of them. They're worth more than double the face value so why not?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I don't save just the common ones. Regardless of what people say about the price of Copper, try selling a 1979 Lincoln Cent for $0.02 |
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Valued Member
United States
79 Posts |
In the 1980's and 1990's I grew up in Toronto. United States pennies were fairly common in pocket change there. I remember, for whatever reason I don't remember, I was heating up pennies on the old electric coil burner stove in our kitchen. I was shocked when one of the US pennies I placed on the stove almost immediately melted into a little ball of silver-like liquid metal. This was when I found out that not all pennies were made equally. Every since I have always preferred copper cents, both Canadian and American.
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