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Posted on 5/10/26 at 6:26 pm to Bestbank Tiger
If ever. Like they say on pawn stars: just because it’s old doesn’t automatically make it rare and valuable
Posted on 5/10/26 at 7:03 pm to Woolfpack
Thought the same. Purchased enough to last my lifetime. (light bulbs)
Posted on 5/10/26 at 7:09 pm to UptownJoeBrown
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Easy and I’ll name 4. Every .10, .25, .50, $1 pre 1964. 90% silver. Some all the way to 1967.
Everyone does not have hundreds of these in their homes
Posted on 5/10/26 at 7:28 pm to jeffsdad
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Purchased enough to last my lifetime. (light bulbs)
I was similar JD.
I have one specialty bulb that I have 17 of in my house. When we built it in 2001, I bought a case of 24. I have changed 3 in 25 years.
Posted on 5/10/26 at 8:46 pm to lepdagod
Over 300 billion pennies were minted.
They will not be rare in our lifetime and probably not for several lifetimes.
They will not be rare in our lifetime and probably not for several lifetimes.
Posted on 5/10/26 at 8:53 pm to lepdagod
Its either 1985 0r 82. but in the middle of that year they stopped making pennies out of copper. Look it up to make sure, but all pennies before that year will be copper and if you have a reasonable amount you can take it to a scrap metal place or somewhere.. And the copper on one penny is actually worth more than 1 cent.
Posted on 5/10/26 at 10:01 pm to OweO
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Its either 1985 0r 82. but in the middle of that year they stopped making pennies out of copper. Look it up to make sure, but all pennies before that year will be copper and if you have a reasonable amount you can take it to a scrap metal place or somewhere.. And the copper on one penny is actually worth more than 1 cent.
The transition year was 1982; however, since 2006, it has been illegal to melt down U.S. pennies or nickels for their metal content or to export them in large quantities for that purpose. Violating this can lead to massive fines or even prison time. Uncle Sam is one step ahead of all you scrappers.
Posted on 5/10/26 at 10:09 pm to lepdagod
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no business around has any pennies…Rounding.
Newsflash. Most of the human herd is stupid.
If you round down on them all to the lesser five cents, mo one would notice. If they do, give them all three of them a dime.
:officespaceannistongif:
Posted on 5/10/26 at 10:21 pm to lepdagod
frick pennies
Posted on 5/10/26 at 11:58 pm to lepdagod
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Seems strange no business around has any pennies…
It's not that odd.....because.....
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I got 4 Kentwood water jugs full of them in the garage… my mother has two tubs of pennies in her storage room been there since I was in school 20 years ago…
.....you and your mom have them all! Thanks, baw!
Posted on 5/11/26 at 3:29 am to UptownJoeBrown
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Copper unless 1943. Those were steel to save copper
They are worth a good bit. 1000% to 50,000% above face value on average.
Posted on 5/11/26 at 6:11 am to Turnblad85
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They are worth a good bit. 1000% to 50,000% above face value on average.
So, 10 cents to 5 dollars? It sounds a lot less impressive that way doesn’t it?
Posted on 5/11/26 at 6:50 am to LazloHollyfeld
quote:There’s a parallel in US History. A kid born in 1851 could have (“of”, for our Livingston Parish audience) felt the same way about the Half Cent that also went the way of the dodo.
Just so you know, my 6 yr old nephew is devastated the penny is no longer being produced (no idea why) and has made it his personal mission to become president one day and reinstate the penny - so don’t get too comfortable collecting it.
The US Mint (and Congress, pulling the strings) put out some weird denominations.
Think you’ll ever need a coin worth four dollars? We made them. Called a “Stella”.
How about a three cent piece? We made them in both silver and in nickel.
We made a silver Trade Dollar that was worth one dollar in legal tender but had ~2% more silver in it than a normal US silver dollar. That’s going to work out well.
Posted on 5/11/26 at 9:25 am to soccerfüt
Are people actually hoarding pennies or just not wanting to deal with them? I think it’s more the latter.
Posted on 5/11/26 at 9:34 am to Bamafig
People are hoarding them.
The pre-1982 Pennies are worth > $0.02 each in copper value, the final modern penny composition of zinc planchets with a thin copper coating won’t ever be worth nearly a comparative value of the 90% copper cents.
Copper >>> Zinc
The pre-1982 Pennies are worth > $0.02 each in copper value, the final modern penny composition of zinc planchets with a thin copper coating won’t ever be worth nearly a comparative value of the 90% copper cents.
Copper >>> Zinc
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Posted on 5/11/26 at 9:37 am to UptownJoeBrown
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Copper unless 1943. Those were steel to save copper for WW2 ammunition.
Which, perversely, makes the non-copper penny the collectible one.
Posted on 5/11/26 at 1:11 pm to lepdagod
The melt value of a penny today is a hair over 4 cents.
Hold on to them after checking for rare coins.
Hold on to them after checking for rare coins.
Posted on 5/11/26 at 1:25 pm to lepdagod
Mostly copper pennies (pre-1982) have around 2.7 cents worth of copper at current prices.
It is illegal to melt copper pennies in bulk.
It is illegal to melt copper pennies in bulk.
Posted on 5/11/26 at 1:27 pm to WillieD
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350 yrs
AHAHAHAHAHA YOU SAID 350
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