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Pillar of the Community
United States
717 Posts |
Poll Question
I know some people save old copper pennies. I thought it would be interesting to ask a poll question, Do You Keep Or Spend 1982 and Before Copper Cents? Thanks for taking the poll, and feel free to comment. 
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Moderator
 United States
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All coins in my change are sorted. I separate silver from clad, nickels: wartime silver from the rest, Statehood from AIB quarters, and copper cents from zincolns. I hang on to the copper cents.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4395 Posts |
I keep all the copper ones when I search through rolls. Eventually I might sell them in bulk but if I need money I have a few hundred dollars stashed away now.
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Moderator
United States
34393 Posts |
I only save LWCs and 1959s, although honestly not sure why I even bother on the '59s.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
999 Posts |
I only save LWCs. I figure they may come in handy for a trade one day or at the very least a dealer will buy them for double face value.
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Valued Member
United States
459 Posts |
All change goes to my lovely wife who hoards it to buy clothes with. Makes me feel less guilty about buying expensive coins. The oldest coins I encounter in circulation are Jefferson nickels from the '40s and 50s. Except for War Nickels, there was no change in design or composition in the Jeffersons to cause people to pull them from circulation. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5887 Posts |
I keep them. For the value of copper right now I can make a large profit. Someday I hope I'll find a way to sell them.
Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
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Valued Member
United States
99 Posts |
I have been keeping them for tbe copper
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Valued Member
United States
99 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7185 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
536 Posts |
I keep them to use in elongated cent machines (Penny Presses) at Disneyworld.
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Moderator
United States
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Keep. Not because I want to cash in when the value of copper breaks records, but because the thought of them being melted for scrap is unsettling.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
717 Posts |
Wow! The poll is getting very close to 50-50. Thank you all for your votes and comments. Keep them coming. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
17890 Posts |
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I keep them to use in elongated cent machines (Penny Presses) at Disneyworld. Same here. If I'm in the USA and get a pre-1982 copper cent in change that I don't need for my collection, I keep it to use in squashed penny machines as I prefer not to get the streaky effect you get when pressing zinc pennies! The only ones I put back into circulation are filthy tarnished ones that wouldn't look great when squashed. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3468 Posts |
I keep the wheats. The rest go into the community change or charity collection bins at the register.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I used to save them but then said to myself ;" What Am I Crazy ",I'm not getting anywhere . Copper would have to go to about $5 a pound to be worth while, and then you would have to be allowed by law to melt them .  |
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Posted 11/18/2018 7:36 pm
