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admin Do you recycle copper pennies? 06-30-2012, 09:26 AM
GeorgeB Im sure it would be a felony... 06-30-2012, 09:56 AM
admin I'm not sure what the exact... 06-30-2012, 09:58 AM
joebob49 Soon it will be legal. As... 06-30-2012, 09:59 AM
hobo finds One copper cent is worth .023... 06-30-2012, 10:30 AM
LadyScrappers You can, however, sell big... 06-30-2012, 11:56 AM
waredu It is currently only illegal... 06-30-2012, 12:11 PM
IdahoScrapper IIRC it was a few years ago... 06-30-2012, 12:49 PM
harrisvh In the UK it's illegal to... 06-30-2012, 01:34 PM
Copper Head A fast look on ebay and you... 06-30-2012, 02:55 PM
hobo finds admin If you could buy them... 06-30-2012, 07:19 PM
Bear In my offshore oilfield days,... 06-30-2012, 11:34 PM
oldtoothlessbassmaster guilty:cool: down the... 07-01-2012, 07:16 AM
Mechanic688 Based on what your saying I... 06-30-2012, 11:53 PM
admin that was an interesting read... 07-01-2012, 06:29 AM
Mechanic688 Here's what I found... 07-01-2012, 01:46 PM
Copper Head I see those press machines... 07-01-2012, 10:37 PM
joebob49 I know they have one of the... 07-01-2012, 07:24 AM
pizzaman55792 the defacing of currency has... 07-01-2012, 07:32 AM
Bamcis Here are my two cents... 07-01-2012, 08:05 AM
Filthy Some people buy them and... 07-01-2012, 08:20 AM
Bear Hmmm! That's interesting... 07-01-2012, 08:43 PM
Bear It may have just been an over... 07-01-2012, 11:23 PM
dirtymoney FOr the past couple of months... 07-02-2012, 01:43 AM
TexasDeere I keep my copper pennies. I... 07-06-2012, 07:16 AM
Scrappile no really hoarding the penny,... 11-25-2012, 09:47 AM
jaydee1445 More than you will ever want... 07-02-2012, 04:10 AM
charn I have a bucket of pennies... 07-02-2012, 07:48 AM
hobo finds PennyCollector.com - The... 07-02-2012, 08:05 AM
hobo finds The U.S. Mint redeems... 07-02-2012, 08:13 AM
rickcarufel I would like to point out... 11-02-2012, 01:39 PM
DiamondN I don't think too many people... 11-02-2012, 02:23 PM
Mick Is this post somehow related... 11-02-2012, 03:20 PM
Copper Head I am sure with the ease of... 11-03-2012, 04:40 PM
Otto I believe the last new... 11-03-2012, 04:49 PM
Copper Head That is a loss , with the... 11-03-2012, 05:56 PM
Otto The rule will be to round to... 11-03-2012, 06:07 PM
Copper Head Just for the heck I am... 11-05-2012, 07:11 AM
jghilino I am just hoarding them. I... 11-05-2012, 04:47 PM
Copper Head 300 pounds of copper is 300... 11-05-2012, 05:26 PM
hammerdown So is it legal to melt down... 11-05-2012, 04:58 PM
ParkerFlyer4 This SMF topic should help:... 11-05-2012, 05:30 PM
CopperMiner Up here, pennies are been... 11-05-2023, 05:32 PM
Catfish Bob Saving your copper pennies is... 11-05-2023, 06:11 PM
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    Up here, pennies are been removed from circulation since about a decade, but I wonder how much is sitting a bit everywhere: pennies that have not been returned to the banks, U.S. pennies coming in the change from trips in the States and so on. When Canadian pennies were in circulation, U.S. pennies were very frequent in our change. Maybe 4-5% of our pennies, but much harder to find in nickels and up. Once I found a penny from Panama in my change and a Barbados quarter another time.

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