apush
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- Dec 21, 2009
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Its been a while since I have seen a post concerning hoarding copper cents. Well, I have went back and forth on the idea--and it being spring break an all--I bit the bullet and purchased 4 boxes of cents.
I still really don't know why I did. I do love wheats, hope to pull my first steel cent out of a box (did finally find one from a dump magnet--an idea here on the forum), or an Indian (only found 1 in over a year and it was bent). But, I have never kept the cooper cents.
Are we just waiting until the US Government lifts the ban on copper cent melting?
Is this truly a possibility, or do I just need to dump all these cents? And, how many cents make a pound, anyway? It really will not hurt my CRH funds, but Mr. Apush kind of looked at me funny this evening when I dragged in 4 boxes of cents. He first words were, "Wow, what is all of that? Pennies?" I said, no honey, these are "cents." Look at the reverse of the coin--nope, it don't say "penny." A lesson I learned early on from a veteran coin collector par none.
Just scratching my head,
apush
I still really don't know why I did. I do love wheats, hope to pull my first steel cent out of a box (did finally find one from a dump magnet--an idea here on the forum), or an Indian (only found 1 in over a year and it was bent). But, I have never kept the cooper cents.
Are we just waiting until the US Government lifts the ban on copper cent melting?
Is this truly a possibility, or do I just need to dump all these cents? And, how many cents make a pound, anyway? It really will not hurt my CRH funds, but Mr. Apush kind of looked at me funny this evening when I dragged in 4 boxes of cents. He first words were, "Wow, what is all of that? Pennies?" I said, no honey, these are "cents." Look at the reverse of the coin--nope, it don't say "penny." A lesson I learned early on from a veteran coin collector par none.
Just scratching my head,
apush
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