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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

multigraincracker

(34,562 posts) Sun Feb 21, 2021, 08:46 PM Feb 2021

Did you ever wish you had saved silver coins back when? [View all]

Now might be the time to check your old pennies. The copper is now worth double the one penny.
145 pennies in a pound and about $3.20 a pound now. The only problem is that it is illegal to scrap them. If you wait, that could change. You could smuggle them into Canada or Mexico. Some people are selling rolls of copper pennies on Craigslist at a premium. But, if the price keeps going up, the laws may change as manufacturers need more copper.
I kind of wish they would just do away with them.

I forgot to add; Look for pre 1982 ones, after 1982 they are mostly zinc.

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Did you ever wish you had saved silver coins back when? [View all] multigraincracker Feb 2021 OP

Gold Timewas Feb 2021 #1

Late 70s and the Hunt Brothers jacked multigraincracker Feb 2021 #2

It's long past time to do away with pennies... Enter stage left Feb 2021 #3

It'd be easy if retail prices included multigraincracker Feb 2021 #4

It doesn't matter if you spend $1.03, or $1000.03... Enter stage left Feb 2021 #6

I was a paper boy in 1964, I saved all the Kennedy half dollars. dem4decades Feb 2021 #5

The really high grade coins have gone up and multigraincracker Feb 2021 #7

HAd shitload Timewas Feb 2021 #8

Not really because I have one bitcoin I bought as an experiment 5 years ago. Kablooie Feb 2021 #9

I'd sell it now, but that's just me. multigraincracker Feb 2021 #10

Don't understand bitcoins. Why are they hard to turn into doc03 Feb 2021 #13

Bitcoin ATMs are scams. Kablooie Feb 2021 #16

I think I will stick to the old fashioned stuff. doc03 Feb 2021 #17

Yeah. I only bought one thing with bitcoin. Kablooie Feb 2021 #20

I keep thinking this is another bubble that will burst doc03 Feb 2021 #21

I've got a ton samplegirl Feb 2021 #11

It's now worth 2 tons. multigraincracker Feb 2021 #12

I'm a cashier these days and I look for old coins. no_hypocrisy Feb 2021 #14

I now have a hard time reading dates. multigraincracker Feb 2021 #15

If I had wishes to be granted, it wouldn't be for silver coins. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2021 #18

My Dad did back when it was announced they were going to alloys csziggy Feb 2021 #19