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Pillar of the Community
United States
1748 Posts |
For some reason, I have been getting quite a few lately in change. Dont know why, but just have. I save them from about 1972 back, but spend the rest. The Canadian cent lives on...lol.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
997 Posts |
Most of the Canadian cents I have found in the US have been the older copper ones. The steel ones get caught in counting machines and rejected since we don't have steel coins here.
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Rest in Peace
United States
4078 Posts |
We do have steel cents here.
The 1943 and 1943D & S, Zinc-Coated Steel Cents.
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Valued Member
Canada
154 Posts |
Just curious, how likely are you to find the 1943 US steel cents in everyday change in the US?
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Rest in Peace
United States
4078 Posts |
Not often but, it does happen. They are pretty beat up AG-G grade.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3692 Posts |
Time to export my unwanted coins! A bank teller at the biggest bank in the city once tried to convince me that they weren't valuable...then proceeded to ask me if I'd like to donate them to one of their charities! What?!
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1748 Posts |
Rec'd two or three others over the past few days. Hardly ever see a Canadian nickel, dime or quarter anymore.
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Valued Member
United States
493 Posts |
Found 10 of them in a $25 box I just sorted, mostly 1980's.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
593 Posts |
I keep in good with my credit union as they have a counting machine I use for not having to rolling change and it haves a magnet that gets all that stick she gives to me. Keep being nice to your tellers it pays a little at a time.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4233 Posts |
I have a 1982 right here on my desk recently acquired from change, in my pile of "now what the heck do I do with it". It has some kind of fungus all over it. I agree that the cent lives on here, but I seem to run into more Chinese coins lately than anything else.
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New Member
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Canadian cents 1996 and before are way more pure copper than US cents. Keep them. Almost %100. 99.9 to be exact
Edited by Dirt Detector
09/29/2015 5:04 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Almost %100. 99.9 to be exact Not quite true, Canadian cents maxed out at 98% copper from 1942 to 1996. Before 1942 Canadian small cents were 95.5% copper which is virtually the same as pre 1982 US cents. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4085 Posts |
I got this little beauty in change a couple of weeks ago:  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4867 Posts |
When I searched $25 boxes of penny rolls I was getting over 80 Canadians in each box.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
514 Posts |
I like this thread...
I am glad that the Canadian penny is still circulating...
I actually started collecting USA pennies after ours was discontinued, but with the poor current exchange rate, I am not state side as often, so finding pennies is REALLY tough for me :)
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Posted 05/29/2015 10:04 am
