How Much Longer Will Copper Cents Be In Circulation ?

I am saving them. I think sometime in the next twenty years copper will be what silver is now. If I am wrong it won't cost me but about 6 to 10 dollars in interest I would have made on that money sitting in a saving account

Tough question.

The zincs evaporate almost as fast as they're minted since the metal oxidizes on contact with commerce but cents don't actually circulate anyway since they're worth less than nothing at all.

I'd guess that the redemption of coppers will start approaching less than 5% within a couple years and then their incidence will fall off fast. Figure they're 20% now, 15% in a year, 10% in two years and then they'll settle out around 5% until sanity scraps all the pennies out for proper disposal.

I save them up til I get $50.00 face then sell 'em on ebay.

i voted I am not. I am saving them but selling them for profit right now. there is no way I will save them long term. it would take soooooo many to make a substantial gain in the future. storing them and keeping them would be a hassle and not worth it to me. but I search lincoln boxes and just set aside coppers to sell. works for me.

I don't know how much scrap metal goes for in the US but here in the UK it's £4 a kilo. I took an old copper hot water tank to the scrap merchants on Friday (I'm lucky in that there is one close by) and got £62 for it -- it was 15.5 kilos - they don't really want to bother with little amounts though. By my calculations that means £1,000 of pennies and 2p's is worth £1,480.
But that means a lot of gathering up.

If silver coins were still more than 1% circulation (i have no idea what the % is, just a guess...), I would be searching for silver. I just dont have the patients to go through 5 boxes without finding 1 silver coin. So since copper is at about 20-25%, that is what I pull from circulation and save.:)

Tell him,"best of luck in that endeavor". Also tell him to stay safe,they are all in my prayers!