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Pillar of the Community
United States
1450 Posts |
Back up to $3.83 and climbing. Silver moving up nicely also. Gold up slightly but steady.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
Copper cents have 2.5 cents worth of metal in them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
625 Posts |
AG *hugs* his stack hoard of copper cents.
Edited by AGCoinHunter
11/02/2010 3:46 pm
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Moderator
 United States
188342 Posts |
Nice.  Not ready to retire yet, but it still feels good. Just a little bit anyway.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1256 Posts |
I got 8 years of good solid hoarding left! Go penny go!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2589 Posts |
i have a nice pile of wire I've been planning to strip, the higher copper goes the more I get motivated to work on it
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Valued Member
United States
185 Posts |
So what years of the penny should we start hording?  |
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Valued Member
United States
462 Posts |
Before 1982. They changed the mix mid 1982 so you'd have to weight the 82's to figure out which ones are copper. Or you could do the drop test where you get a known copper penny and a known zinc penny, drop each one separately then drop the 1982 to figure out if it's copper or zinc. A copper penny will have a ring to it while a zinc penny does not.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1256 Posts |
Kisnap is correct. I keep all the 82's regardless hoping to pick some small/large dates combos later on.
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Valued Member
United States
497 Posts |
if anybody is buying them ill gladly sell for 2 cents.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1256 Posts |
I get mine for face plus labor of love  When does the 2 cent offer expire?  |
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Valued Member
United States
497 Posts |
why do you want to buy some tim?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2448 Posts |
I have tow refrigerators and 4 electric motors to strip. Should I hurry?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
508 Posts |
I've just started hoarding copper as well. I do about a box per week and each box typically yields around 25-30% pre 82's.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Unsheathed copper wire is much nicer to have. It's pure, for electrical work, it needs to be.
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Valued Member
United States
71 Posts |
I'd be interested to hear what the consensus is. Do you think it's worth holding onto copper pennies? I mean, as of now it's illegal to melt them down. Wouldn't the penny have to be "retired" before the metal is fair game? Even then, would a substantial amount be worth hauling around?
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Posted 11/02/2010 3:18 pm
