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cdngmt Valued Member Canada 402 Posts	Posted 01/21/2026 10:22 pm Just an update from Canada ... The government here stopped minting pennies in 2012. My bank which previously was only accepting pennies but not selling or giving them out have now switched to selling them to customers with the proviso that they do not bring them back (to the bank/branch). Evidently the security/transport companies are refusing to take them back to the mint (I guess its costing them money). So how many pennies cents do you want to get stuck with? Since they are not demonetized it is still illegal to melt.... Moved to Canadian subforum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

cdngmt Valued Member Canada 402 Posts	Posted 01/21/2026 10:30 pm sorry wrong forum....admin please move to Canadian and or US coins Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16805 Posts	Posted 01/21/2026 10:38 pm Moved it for you. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21580 Posts	Posted 01/22/2026 07:16 am I have 6 tubes of copper cents but I am not really stuck with them, I save them for new collectors or anyone looking for certain dates. I got rid of all my plated ones years ago. I'm sure most people that still have cents are keeping them for a reason. Report this Post to the Staff
mcshilling Pillar of the Community Canada 9149 Posts	Posted 01/22/2026 09:22 am I have 5-6 boxes of copper and zinc hoping to go through and make up several sets of one from each year for any new collector's. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187446 Posts	Posted 01/22/2026 09:36 am Very interesting. I suppose after 14 years they no longer want to deal with reclaiming them. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Tdk_Wpg New Member Canada 26 Posts	Posted 01/22/2026 11:13 am I recently dealt with an estate and had several hundred dollars of pennies which I had no issue returning to the bank. That said, in roll searching I made myself a mountain of pennies to keep, which I now need to sort, grade, catalogue, etc. Report this Post to the Staff
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