Did you ever wish you had saved silver coins back when?

[multigraincracker]

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.

[Timewas]

1. Gold

About 1965 or so could buy double eagles for $75 one ounce of gold...was worth $35 then .

[multigraincracker]

2. Late 70s and the Hunt Brothers jacked

silver coins up to $50 for $1.00 face for silver coins. Close to $20. now.

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3. It's long past time to do away with pennies...

Canada did years ago. Prices get rounded up or down. Nobody complains.

Also, why does the US insist on using paper for our currency when Canada, Australia & many other countries have transitioned to better materials for their folding currency?

Get with the times US!

[multigraincracker]

4. It'd be easy if retail prices included

tax.

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6. It doesn't matter if you spend $1.03, or $1000.03...

it is a difference of 2 cents in either case.

[dem4decades]

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

But cashed them out a few years ago. I do have my father's coin collection, mostly pennies, liberty dimes and buffalo nickels. Haven't really looked at them.

[multigraincracker]

7. The really high grade coins have gone up and

common ones have stayed the same. Stamps have gone down as few young people are interested.

[Timewas]

8. HAd shitload

Had a lot of them too , but had to sell out,Still have some indian heads and steel pennies.

[Kablooie]

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

It was $200 then.
It's $57,000.00 now.

The problem is that it's not easy to turn it into money.
But it's nice to know its there, I guess.

[multigraincracker]

10. I'd sell it now, but that's just me.

[doc03]

13. Don't understand bitcoins. Why are they hard to turn into

money? I see a bitcoin ATM at the mall it looks like it isn't that difficult.

[Kablooie]

16. Bitcoin ATMs are scams.

They charge huge fees and then give you a terrible exchange rate.
You also have to give them personal info they can sell to scammers.

[doc03]

17. I think I will stick to the old fashioned stuff.

[Kablooie]

20. Yeah. I only bought one thing with bitcoin.

When I first got it a I bought a $20 computer program and is was a real hassle.
I never found anything else to buy and it was a confusing mess trying to use it.

They say it's worth a lot now but it's not money I can really use.
It's fun to think about though. ( Wow! I have $50,000! )

[doc03]

21. I keep thinking this is another bubble that will burst

like we had for the Savings and Loans, .coms and 2008 crash.

[samplegirl]

11. I've got a ton

of pennies!

[multigraincracker]

12. It's now worth 2 tons.

[no_hypocrisy]

14. I'm a cashier these days and I look for old coins.

Most of the more vintage pennies have been taken out of circulation.

However, I found a nice cache of old pennies (1929, 1930s, 1940s) that I mindlessly collected as a kid.

[multigraincracker]

15. I now have a hard time reading dates.

I'd need a jewelers loupe.

[Ferrets are Cool]

18. If I had wishes to be granted, it wouldn't be for silver coins.

[csziggy]

19. My Dad did back when it was announced they were going to alloys

He'd go through his change every night and sort out the silver ones. We found two sacks of silver coins in the safe when he died. They are not worth much as collectibles, because they are not in great shape on average. We split them up among Dad's children and my husband, who collects coins went through them. I'm keeping the rest just as a memento.