Show of hands - who still pulls copper cents out of circulation?
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I can spot a real cent (95% copper) at a distance, about 90% of the time. There's just something about them. Maybe it's because I consider them real, compared to the zinc cents. I know it's not for the value, mostly nostalgia I think.
Who else still does this? 
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They are easier to notice, one thing is they have a higher relief. I and even detect the half gramme difference by holding them in my hand - just something you get good at whence you have handled many hundreds of thousands of cents by searching them. Such said, I saved them to the point where I had about 500K of them and thence my wife advised me that they had to go.
Been there, done that. Don't remind me
I do, but don’t know why. They don’t take too much space.
I do. But just like Smudge.....WHY?
I do, but I don't go looking for 1000a of them.
LOL! I don't think I've spent a penny in over 20 years! Don't get many these days but have 10 or 20 gallons of them!
Still do. Just a habit. It's the collector in me.
I still do. When copper was higher I use a coin metal discriminators rigged to a coin counter to rapidly pick out the copper cents. I would buy 2 or 3 $25 bricks of cents and run them through my rig. I found some interesting wheat cents and about 30% copper.
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Yep, can't help myself. I have a drop jar for them right behind my desk.
Last one I pulled from circulation was a 1913 from a 7-11 in da Bronx. It's safe now.
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I do. I even pick them off the ground no matter what they are made of.
Not me. Getting change is a nuisance at this point.
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I do.
When I have 20 rolls I take them to coinstar for a 100% amazon card.
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The opposite - I put wheat cents in the "leave a penny" trays.
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Always separate them, take the rest to the coin counter.
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Like smudge I still do. More than. Likely I'll be doing that till my dting day
I can't.
I do !!!
When I was heavy into roll searching for varieties, I would pull out every copper cent and COINSTAR the rest. I figured the price of copper would rise, and one day when the government finally lifts the stupid ban on melting US cents, I would be sitting on a veritable fortune.
Instead, I am sitting on a mound of green copper in the basement, like the Statue of Liberty herself fell and broke into a million 3.1g discs
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I used to think that way about wheat cents. When I got to 130,000 of them it made me sick to my stomach. Never again.....
I save wheat cents...and even remove the one's @carabonnair puts in the 'take a cent, leave a cent' tray
One day, when I have some spare time, I will go through them (major task)....Cheers, RickO
I still pull copper cents out when I get them. I don’t do a lot of transactions in cash, though, so I don’t run into as much. My wife does and I’ve tried to get her to pull them out but she always forgets.
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I stopped 2 or 3 years ago and cashed in the thousands that I had.
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I put all the bonus coins sent on eBay buys. Two coin purchases when I only wanted the one, etc., back into circulation. The darn things just keep showing up. Proofs also. They are NOT worth keeping. Get rid of the darn things and get some kid or someone on a budget a chance to start a collection - like you did.
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I still do, and like most....I don’t know why. Always rolled them as I filled a tube and then I store them in empty monster boxes.
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+1...keep mine in a jar, but the wheaties go in a tube...On average, about 1 wheat cent per year. No idea why or what I'm going to do with that accumulation.
I will pull a wheat cent, but not anything more recent.
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I used to when I was a kid. To time consuming now.
I still do and have one 5 gallon bucket almost full of them. Most came from when I was getting started collecting and was roll hunting.
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It’s easy when you’re metal detecting— the zinc ones are half corroded away by the time I find them
Mark me down. Putting mine in 5 gallon water bottles.
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I have now and then. Eventually I cash them in and start over.
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Tried to before but was moving houses so much so I cashed them all in instead of lugging them around. Never had the urge to do it again. Now I just pull the wheats and a couple other years.
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I save quarters, dimes and nickels instead. And, will keep wheat cents found in circulation. Although I do still have a few containers full of cents that I have accumulated over the years.
I can spot a wheatie from across the retail counter. That mellow brown color is distinct. Got a 45 & 55 from the Wawa change dispenser the other day. Peace Roy
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Hi everyone. My name is Bob, and I pull copper out of circulation...
No, I don't.
I also don't pick up cents or nickels lying on the ground and sometimes I don't even pick up a dime (I'll definitely pick up a quarter).
I'm not a wealthy person, but considering all the $100's of dollars we waste every year, I just don't see the point of picking up a penny.
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I 've been doing it for years... And still do. Lots of fun.
I can spot a copper cent on a table mixed in with the Zincolns from 3 feet away. I still toss 'em into a jar. Only to be emptied into 5 lb. coffee cans. We need photos. Where's the "Trash cans hoard" photo?
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Hello everyone, my name is David and I’m a hoarder (just kidding).
This is the 3rd 5 gallon Home Depot bucket of pre-82 cents I’ve been working on. I find it relaxing to coin roll hunt and figured it is worth pulling out coppers as I do it. Life has gotten busier the last year or two so this bucket has been in progress for like two years now.
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If you'd pick up the penny, you'd only be wasting $99.99's per year.
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I only save the wheat cents.
I do and enjoy it. I separate them by year and store in bins or coin tubes. I'm a Lincoln penny fan by hobby, I have every Lincoln from 1909 to 2009 with the exception on the 1922 no D or the 1955 double die.
Keeps me out of trouble. Enjoy your hobby
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Love some RD/RB 95% copper and will always take a second look at 55P's, 72P's and 95P's