I Got Them, Now What?

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Other than "copper content" that "copper hoarders" may be interested in, these have ZERO value beyond face value IMO.
There is nothing special about the year......so it would only be a "hope" of some possible high MS grades out of this whole batch that one could hope for.
And the general novice's opinion of which ones make the high grades would mean little to nothing for "re-sale" to somebody. Therefore, one would have to have them "officially graded" by a top grading company (which is NOT cheap OR practical for these, IMO)

Short answer.......... I would have paid only $50.00 for a $50.00 bag of 1979 P Lincoln Cents.....
Copper or not......only worth face value to me.
If they were common date "Wheat Cents"....... THEN I'd pay a small premium of .02 to .03 Cents apiece for them, but certainly not for LMC's.

what about if it were the same weight of copper but in an ingot?

would you pay $95 for $150 of copper then?

what about silver or gold? if someone wanted to sell you 10 silver dimes, would you only pay face for them?

Well, Adam, that's why I mentioned "copper hoarders" in my post, because there certainly IS value there for that. Even though it is still VERY illegal to melt these.

But I was speaking numismatically really. Meaning, I don't collect "copper" or "gold" or "silver"......I collect C.O.I.N.S.
Some "coins" may be gold, silver, or copper.....but I would never buy an "ingot" or "silver bars" or "invest" in precious metals in that way. Many folks "do", and that's VERY okay, but I don't.
I also don't buy a coin or coins, so that I can then turn around and sell it for a profit. I would never have bought it in the first place if I didn't have a passion and a thirsty curiosity for the item or items.
So anyway......I just meant that for "me", where "my" interests lay, they're only worth face value.

I know all about the value of copper cents, I have been selling circulated copper cents for 1.3 to 1.5x face value for quite some time.

I do know that people buy and collect OBW rolls of LMCs though, I just can't find the prices listed anywhere.

Pennyman, if I decide to bust the bag open I would be happy to sell you a roll. I'm just not sure if I'm going to do that yet.

Check this link. Allen's sells BU 1979 P rolls for $3.60.
http://www.allensinc.com/coins/us/bu_rolls.htm

I suppose you could sell them on ebay and make your money back.

What most people fail to realize is when you hear the price of Gold, Silver, Copper or anything is $XXX, most people have no idea where to get that for that. I mean if you had a block of Copper that you thoght by weight was worth $50, just who would you really sell it to for that. Most metal recyclers will give you about 60% to 80% of that $50. Same with Gold, Silver, watches, cars, flashlights.
You can look up the value of almost anything but try to get that price for that item. Dealers usually don't even sell things for the listed prices. Stores too almost always sell for less than the manufacturers list prices.
Say Dimes for an example since you mentioned those. I've seen many Mercury dimes of no numismatic value selling at flea markets for $1 to $3. The same ones or similar at a coin show would sell for $4 to $5 or more. And again at a local coin store for possibly $8+. But then too you may find a coin store where they are asking $2.
So as you mentioned would you pay face for 10 Silver Dimes. Usually not but sure would be nice if I could.
So even for the fun of it, pretend you have a Bar Of Copper at home worth what you think is $50. Then go around and see if you can get $50 for it anywhere.