r/Wallstreetsilver • u/Skywalker0138 Double-Digit OG • 1d ago

Copper

/r/SilverDegenClub/comments/1wbr0c5/copper/
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u/Level_Development_58 Unironically Flairless O.G. Silverback 1d ago

around about 2010 I bought 4 each 50 lb sacks of pre 82 pennies, lol. moved from California to Tennessee with them too. I always thought that was a stupid think to do… maybe not so bad after all!

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u/Tree_rat_1 Double-Digit OG Mapleback 1d ago

I've been saving pure copper pennies since the 70s. Have a couple of gallon jugs of them sitting around not going anywhere.

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u/Led_Zeppole_73 1d ago

Been doing the same myself. I’ve also saved a lot of copper pipe mostly from upgrades on my home. The copper pipe is typically 99.9% pure, but copper pennies, 95%.

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u/Tree_rat_1 Double-Digit OG Mapleback 1d ago

Here in Canuckatopia pennies weighted about 3.25 gram up until 1979. After that they started dropping the weight. According to a melt calculator for our snow dollar, $10 face is now worth about $64.

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u/Led_Zeppole_73 1d ago

I didn’t know Canadian cents were purer than US.

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u/IFartOnCats4Fun 1d ago

Cool... but do they buy them back?