Show of hands - who still pulls copper cents out of circulation?

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jmski52
jmski52 Posts: 24,011 ✭✭✭✭✭
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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? B)

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  • SaorAlba
    SaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
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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.

  • PreTurb
    PreTurb Posts: 1,199 ✭✭✭
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    Been there, done that. Don't remind me :)

  • Smudge
    Smudge Posts: 10,001 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I do, but don’t know why. They don’t take too much space.

  • Hydrant
    Hydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I do. But just like Smudge.....WHY?

  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,867 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I do, but I don't go looking for 1000a of them.

  • amwldcoin
    amwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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!

  • BLUEJAYWAY
    BLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Still do. Just a habit. It's the collector in me.

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  • mrcommem
    mrcommem Posts: 1,214 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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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  • mvs7
    mvs7 Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Yep, can't help myself. I have a drop jar for them right behind my desk.

  • Pearlsbefore
    Pearlsbefore Posts: 49 ✭
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    I do. I even pick them off the ground no matter what they are made of.

  • Sonorandesertrat
    Sonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Not me. Getting change is a nuisance at this point.

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  • lkeigwin
    lkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I do.

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  • carabonnair
    carabonnair Posts: 1,481 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The opposite - I put wheat cents in the "leave a penny" trays.

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  • RockyMtnProspector
    RockyMtnProspector Posts: 754 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Always separate them, take the rest to the coin counter.

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  • zippcity
    zippcity Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭✭
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    guilty

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  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,092 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Like smudge I still do. More than. Likely I'll be doing that till my dting day

  • Jimnight
    Jimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I can't.

  • Timbuk3
    Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I do !!! :)

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  • DCW
    DCW Posts: 7,876 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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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  • thebeav
    thebeav Posts: 4,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Smudge said:
    I do, but don’t know why. They don’t take too much space.

    You must be kidding ?
    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.....

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  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I save wheat cents...and even remove the one's @carabonnair puts in the 'take a cent, leave a cent' tray :D One day, when I have some spare time, I will go through them (major task)....Cheers, RickO

  • TurtleCat
    TurtleCat Posts: 4,692 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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.

  • oih82w8
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  • 1630Boston
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    I stopped 2 or 3 years ago and cashed in the thousands that I had. :)

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  • WaterSport
    WaterSport Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭✭✭
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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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  • Downtown1974
    Downtown1974 Posts: 7,189 ✭✭✭✭✭
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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.

  • ChrisH821
    ChrisH821 Posts: 7,151 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Yep

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  • OPA
    OPA Posts: 17,166 ✭✭✭✭✭
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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.

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  • Cameonut
    Cameonut Posts: 7,436 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I will pull a wheat cent, but not anything more recent.

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  • Commencents
    Commencents Posts: 349 ✭✭✭
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    I used to when I was a kid. To time consuming now.

  • CWT1863
    CWT1863 Posts: 316 ✭✭✭✭
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    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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  • kiyote
    kiyote Posts: 5,633 ✭✭✭✭✭
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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

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  • privatecoin
    privatecoin Posts: 3,853 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Mark me down. Putting mine in 5 gallon water bottles.

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  • PlatinumDuck
    PlatinumDuck Posts: 470 ✭✭✭
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    I have now and then. Eventually I cash them in and start over.

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  • JTHawaii
    JTHawaii Posts: 113 ✭✭✭
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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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  • CoinHoarder
    CoinHoarder Posts: 2,735 ✭✭✭✭✭
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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.

  • Namvet69
    Namvet69 Posts: 9,423 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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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  • Outhaul
    Outhaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Hi everyone. My name is Bob, and I pull copper out of circulation... :(

  • DoubleEagle59
    DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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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  • robkool
    robkool Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I 've been doing it for years... And still do. Lots of fun.

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  • metalmeister
    metalmeister Posts: 4,633 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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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  • ShadyDave
    ShadyDave Posts: 2,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
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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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  • JesseKraft
    JesseKraft Posts: 417 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @DoubleEagle59 said:
    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.

    If you'd pick up the penny, you'd only be wasting $99.99's per year.

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  • natetrook
    natetrook Posts: 620 ✭✭✭
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    I only save the wheat cents.

  • Joe_360
    Joe_360 Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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

  • Joe_360
    Joe_360 Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @DoubleEagle59 said:
    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.

    Step over a dime to pick up a dollar and you may miss a 1916D... The right penny could get you wasted $100 back

  • morgansforever
    morgansforever Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭✭✭
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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

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  • Raybo
    Raybo Posts: 5,362 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @jmski52 said:
    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? B)

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