What do you do with clad pennies?

[UncleVinnys]

What do you do with clad pennies? (I mean, besides not digging them.)

If they have been in the ground for any length of time, then they are generally corroded.
These are really junky and won't go through the coin machine.

I've been stashing them in a dedicated trash container.

Also: Do you count them in your totals?
The ones I retrieve that are very corroded, I just throw away and don't count them in my detecting totals.
If they are clean, I throw them in the change jar that goes to the coin machine every month or so.
If the machine spits them out, they go in the junk jar.

Wondering how other folks handle them.

 

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[iowamp]

I throw them away! Ido count them in my clad total.

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

I collect the pennies that are not recognizable as a cent, save in a big jug. I might bury them as a cache, for some un-lucky detectorist to find...!
I always count them in my days totals...after all, they keep me from getting skunked...!

 

[Rookster]

 

[bc5391]

It depends on how bad they are, lay them on a steel bench, or chunk of steel if you do not have a bench, then lightly tap them with a hammer, wash them off and put them in a roll.If they fall apart then they go in my copper recycling bin.

 

[Jason in Enid]

If they are whole, I add them to my clad bucket. If they are corroded, eaten, etc, then they go straight to the trash.

 

[Dave Rishar]

There are plenty of options...throw them at zinc lobbyists and/or Mint employees, seed them on popular beaches to infuriate other detectorists, toss them in a fountain and make several hundred wishes (related note: a penny was good for a wish when I was a kid, but is that still true with the inflation that's occurred between now and then?), etc.

In all seriousness, spend them if you can. The US Mint used to exchange good coins for mutilated ones, but it was a bit of a hose job; you were responsible for shipping both ways, the Mint had the right to refuse anything that they couldn't (or didn't feel like attempting to) identify, and the exchange rate was not favorable when they did take them, as it was done by the pound, not by count. Apparently they suspended this program last July. Their stated reason was due to the heavy volume of counterfeits, but I suspect that the real reason is that even they're tired of dealing with zincolns.

I dump my rotted zincolns in the Coinstar. Whatever it spits back at me gets left in the trash can beside it. I've heard of people concealing theirs in the middle of cent rolls and redeeming them that way but that seems dishonest to me, and my time is worth more than the few cents that I'd get back by doing this.

 

[A2coins]

Mason jars I wash em in my tumbler just salt lemon juice and take em to the bank they send em out and credit my acc

 

[Peyton Manning]

If flat I roll them and take em to the bank

 

[TommyB]

The crusty pennies I find at the beach get soaked in vinegar over night and most are taken by coinstar.

 

[ticndig]

I use them to pay sales tax .

 

[Professor of Engineering]

I count them in my finds/total; tumble an circulate. The toasted zincs are placed in a bucket.

 

[NSR60]

I normally spend them, either as loose change or by adding them to re-rolls. (My local stores aren't too picky, so long as they're identifiable as pennies.) Once they're spent, I add them to my totals.

 

[Trezurehunter]

I tumble mine, and take them to the bank at the end of the year. Cash them in with the rest of my clad, and go buy silver.

 

[A2coins]

Ive seen a few News stories where someone would take them to the Police Dept and dump them on the counter to pay a ticket being money Im guessing they would have to accept it and count it lol People do wierd stuff like the guy that got mad at his bank then decided to put a fish in his safe deposit box. They had to figure out which box it was and then drill it out. Hey I was mad ok !!!!!lol Not me

 

[IN DA HOLE]

Donate them unrolled to your favourite Political party or your not so favourite LOL. Don't forget to ask for a tax receipt.

 

[jeff of pa]

Always Dig ! why Detect it twice or more. besides That early Indian Head may be masquerading
as a Zinclon. they do that ya Know !!!

as for the Rotted ones



This is going in the Most used for Detecting Park in my Area.
As soon as it's Full.
My Nephew has enough to Top it off, I Just have to get the Time for everything to Fall in Place.

Still Debating on Putting a Note with TreasureNet & My Name advertised in it.

as for the complete Spendable looking Zinclons, Same thing I Do with the Post
1959 Coppers. Throw them in my Penny Jar.

Another Penny Earned !

 

[UncleVinnys]

All good responses! Thank you, even for the funny ones.
I now understand you can put them in rolls and redeem at most banks.

 

[GaRebel1861]

I got a bucket that I throw all my clad into. At the end of the year, I roll it or coinstar it and give the money to our local Pregnancy Resource Center. The silver I keep!

 

[Bum Luck]

toss them in a fountain and make several hundred wishes (related note: a penny was good for a wish when I was a kid, but is that still true with the inflation that's occurred between now and then?)

In case you haven't noticed, our wishes these days aren't nearly as good as when we were kids.