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New Member
Canada
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Well, I keep reading that copper pennies are worth more than the modern ones, so when I went through our American coins (we're Canadian, and put it aside for our trips west into Maine) I put all the copper together. [158 pennies -> 100 modern, 52 copper, 6 wheat (1941, 1944 & 1951 * 2 each)]
I removed the wheat and the two nicest looking coppers for my mother's collection, but most of the rest are dingy, dirty Philidelphia mints. I rolled them and labelled as copper, but I'm not really interested in hoarding. Should I just spend them in the States next trip? Give 'em to a coin dealer for fifty cents? Insist on fifty-five? Visit our (semi) local coin club and sell them there for cheap?
Ideas?
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New Member
 Canada
27 Posts |
Sorry for wrong forum! (Yeah, this makes more sense in main forum now I think about it more.)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1952 Posts |
in order to make a profit off copper cents you will almost need a truckload of them. I recently sold I think 90 dollars worth of copper cents on ebay and if I remember right I made about 125.00 then gave the guy back 11.00 because he said I shorted him I think it was 7 or 8 coins lol |
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New Member
Canada
27 Posts |
Yeah, that's what I was thinking, and I really don't care to spend the time to build up a big hoard pile. Just set them free, then, and hope someone in Bangor gets lucky going to that bank or store?
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Valued Member
United States
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Keep the coppers and the wheats. Why? Why not? Who knows what "tomorrow" will bring? Does anyone really know what will be in demand in the numismatic world "tomorrow"? NO. Think about it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3592 Posts |
Can you swing down to Bath,Me. and set them free ?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1231 Posts |
but most of the rest are dingy, dirty .........Sounds like they need a "Bath"
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
1.Why not make some kid happy. Go to the contest forum here and offer them all to a YN of less than 12 years old. 2.Or if you have kids or know of any, ask them if they wouldn't mind passing them out in school for anyone interested in coin collecting. 3.Visit a local coin club and see if they have any kids that would like them. 4.Give to your wife for a Valentine's Present. NO WIFE? give to someone else's wife.  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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It sounds like you are going through separation anxiety. I have that problem ... can never let go of my old coins .... regardless of condition or value ..... I need to know that they will get a good home where they sre respected and treated well. I like the idea of giving them to a new young coin collector. The gift of giving can be mor rewarding than keeping them.
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Moderator
 United States
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I keep all of my copper cents. Not for profit, but to save them from the profiteers!  There will come a day when the melt ban is lifted. The supply of copper cents will be affected, so I am saving them for future generations. |
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Posted 01/27/2011 08:05 am
