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To: CJ Wolf

You have a treasure trove of 60 yr old pennies?

15 posted on 06/22/2018 1:44:08 PM PDT by Paladin2

To: Paladin2

Ha ha. No, But to update Ben Franklin. A penny saved is 2.5 pennys earned.

18 posted on 06/22/2018 1:47:52 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (Free)

To: Paladin2; CJ Wolf

You have a treasure trove of 60 yr old pennies?

Pennies dated before 1982 are made of 95% copper.

47 posted on 06/22/2018 2:50:17 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Marxism: Wonderful theory, wrong species)

To: Paladin2

The U.S. Mint switched over to (mostly) zinc pennies in 1982.

I save all copper pennies from 1981 and earlier and have jars and jars of them. At the very least, they’ll always be worth face value.

54 posted on 06/22/2018 4:08:54 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Washington is NOT a swamp.....It's a cesspool!)

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