Just the info I was looking for. Thanks Chad and keep up the good work.

When I was a kid I used to get a lot of the pennies from 1793, the one's you mentioned in this video. lol I'm old but not that old. Thanks for the good information.

Thanks for your information two thumbs up... I will tried......Thanks again for your hard work of your information video......

Very informative. Canada phased-out the penny and the world didn't stop :-)

@alan30189

6 жыл бұрын

That's because the Canadian government is ten times smarter than ours. They got rid of their paper dollar bill, also. They are beating us on trade, as well, with NAFTA.

@SicaGR

6 жыл бұрын

So did the UK and the rest of Europe.

@jimibmore

10 ай бұрын

@@alan30189 NAFTA...LOL...

Hahahaha!!!!! Make sense!!! Good one!

@CoinsforAmateurs1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for the vid!

Another reason to not melt your copper pennies is because they are a proven commodity. You can prove that it is a penny and made of copper. As a copper lump you would have to have it assayed to prove what it is. Why go through the trouble of melting them then?

Nice vid, I keep all my copper cents I come across. I have just have over $75 face value in copper cents.

@CoinsforAmateurs1

7 жыл бұрын

Eric Barron Very nice, I keep all mine too! You never know! Thanks for watching! HH

@Antares214

7 жыл бұрын

Coins for Amateurs yup, you never know! Also how do you get your copper cents? CRH? Most of mine come from CRH.

@CoinsforAmateurs1

7 жыл бұрын

Eric Barron I find many CRH and I also pick up some in change now and again. Always check coin stars when you see them and ya know those little trays at the store when you pay that usually have pennies in them; I always check those for copper and exchange zinc for them- I have found quite a few that way!

@theamericannumismatist1373

7 жыл бұрын

Aww I only got $21 in copper pennies but I have been only coin roll hunting for less than a year.

@Antares214

7 жыл бұрын

Coins for Amateurs what is your average amount of copper per box when CRH?

Good presentation. I'd save them.

Great work

I know, I could never melt them down!

@CoinsforAmateurs1

6 жыл бұрын

Hey Linda! Yea it would be tough due to love for coinage for us as well! Thanks for watching and commenting! HH

Your math was a bit off as you forgot that the pennies are 95% copper (not 100%). It takes 154 pennies to get 1 pound of copper which would make the copper value per penny just over 2 cents each. Great video, just wanted to make the small correction for you. Happy Hunting.

@CoinsforAmateurs1

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

What is the agreed upon standard of pre 1982 pennies relative to how many pennies equals a pound of copper. Is 145 pre 1982 pennies usually the rule of thumb?

Nice video CFA

I’m obsessed with copper. Great video

thanks for info

I think the Government stopped making "sense" long ago ! LOL

@CoinsforAmateurs1

7 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, excellent point my friend! Although I am a bit more encouraged as of late! Great to hear from ya Jonesy!

Hey CFA ! YOU ROCK !!

@CoinsforAmateurs1

Жыл бұрын

No Linda YOU ROCK!

Great video as always!!

@CoinsforAmateurs1

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Buddy! We have a ton of copper hoarded LOL! DIG ON!

Great video

You really should consider weighing ALL your pennies for copper because there have been a very rare few that have been found in copper on later dates than there are supposed to have been made and they are very valuable. If you have a coin scale and get used to doing it, it takes a split second each to weigh them.

do ya know what to do with em cuz if I sell em at eBay I feel like nobody will buy them

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The monetary value is more than the value of the coin people will hord will not work something like that what if there was still silver in coins wow who would spend what it would be all paper money when people sell the silver ok to much paper nothing going back into circulation simple logic great video

@CoinsforAmateurs1

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the input Bill! We appreciate you watching, commenting and supporting our channel! HH

like your video thanks

@CoinsforAmateurs1

7 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

good math!

I think your chart meant from 1793 to 1857 was the half cent

The tin cans they sell at Christmas for $10 with 3 different popcorn, I save them I have 4 tin cans full of copper pennies I'm a hoarder 😊

@RyanJohnson-ed5hv

3 ай бұрын

Good Lord!!! How heavy is one of your cans filled with copper pennies??

Food for thought.

Save all nice cents weighing over 3.18 grams.

How would anyone know if I melt pennies?

One reason to save copper pennies...BARTER! If the economy tanks, it is REAL MONEY.

Started watching today and found nothing of interest in my junk drawer at home (full of change). At work today I did find '1999 $5 🌟 and '2013 1$ 🌟 . I purchased both plus all the copper pennies i found and older stuff . Thank you for feuling my ocd'ness . I plan on saving anything that looks wrong or too shiney. Overall I exchanged about $9 from my till but feel confident in doing so . In doing that I grabbed what my be a proof quarter , 44 nickel and a few other cool coins . A coworker asked what i was doing and told her .... Asked me to look at what she had and was amazed (sadly , she had more money in her pocket than i have in savings ) 2 x 100 star notes consecutive (2013 i think) ... Buy the end of the day I found only one penny log cabin 2009 . Curse you (kidding) for making me atart this 10 years late !

Before I watch this video, I would say the last year pennies were copper was 1981 because even though there were copper pennies in 1982, some 1982 pennies have zinc in them.

The Secretary of Treasury could decide to lift the melting ban, especially since the government recently declared copper to be a strategic metal. Also, copper pennies can be melted to make things such as artwork, tools, pots and pans - just not solely for its monetary value. The cost of melting is not profitable for most people yet, but with copper value increasing and the utility of the penny declining, it is a distinct possibility that the USA will follow Norway's lead and simply stop producing pennies.

It takes 154 pennies to give you a pound of copper.

It's only a matter of time till they discontinue the penny. I have over 5 lbs of dug Canadian cents and scrap yards wont even take those.

@CoinsforAmateurs1

7 жыл бұрын

Maybe once the US dumps the cent you will be able to cash in on the copper value of those?

Copper melt price at $4.07 led me here! I think it will go much higher this decade. Industrial growth to build the jetsons world begins this decade and building the suborbital airspace as well.

Currently at $4.60 in year of 2022

Once the pennies are smelted and you cast an ingot, you can not tell what the source of the melt is??....I smelt copper down clean when ever I can and pour bullion bar$ for SHTF backup!!...Copper is always going to be a needed metal!!

I don't see it as cost affective to melt them down with propane maybe with used motor oil burner I still think they're worth more as a coin down the road but ya just fun to collect I haul copper sometimes from mines sometimes in plate form sometimes raw ore like little flakes in big bags one time I had an MT trailer to pick up a load at walmart we need to sweep out are trailers so they're clean to be loaded and I'm sweeping out this trailer it's dark in the front can't see but I'm thinking geez this stuff is heavy ends up its copper ore they holed a bag with the forklift over 50 pounds I still have it was keep it or through it in the dumpster imagine if it was gold still bit expensive to melt it into bars be kind cool hobby but ya

Uhm 80 percent more than it's face value is a no brainer trade. Ima go get some pennies ill be right back

It doesn't make 'cents' making a penny for more than it is worth.

@buckfizzard291

11 ай бұрын

Yes it does that’s how money is backed up

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When metal detecting I like finding copper cents just for the reasons u stated, I believe the price of copper will keep going up, and I believe it will be legal to melt them soon.

I think copper pennies are good in the garden

You're stating that in 1943 the penny got smaller please clarify your statement of saying a 1943 steel penny is smaller or does it weigh less could you clarify. Are you measuring it or are you weighing it. please clarify your unit of measure, and if you would standardized it throughout your video. 🤥 The last time I checked steel does not weigh what copper does.

Almost 2023 and it still don’t make any cents! 😂

I just reached 2500 copper pennies today, January 18, 2018, since I started saving them separately from zinc pennies. We should also save zinc pennies as their current metallic value is about 87 percent of the face value.

@johntracy72

6 жыл бұрын

I have about 2850 copper pennies as of today. I have been rolling them up as I go which is why I know how many I have and I have a bank box full. I cashed in the nickels and the zinc pennies (about $40.00 total) a few days ago because I needed the money. Still have the copper pennies and I still also have the Louisiana Purchase nickels and Lincoln's 200th birthday pennies from 2009, about $2.00 worth.

@johntracy72

6 жыл бұрын

I reached 3,000 copper pennies yesterday, April 3, 2018. I also have 51 Lincoln 200th birthday pennies, 30 Louisiana Purchase nickels, 8 bicentennial quarters and a two dollar bill. I also have just over 500 zinc pennies and 63 nickels. That's just over $44 in total. I also have 75 wheat pennies, 3 of which are 1943 steel pennies.

I just saw its no longer illegal to melt down America idk if this was the video that he said it was in 2017 but I remembered his face😅😅😅

i keep all my coppers, and i hide them from the copers rofl cya man

@CoinsforAmateurs1

7 жыл бұрын

Lol, yea I know you have one hell of a stash!

@superneo123

7 жыл бұрын

yeah i need to break out that stash soon, not sure if you are aware or not but there is a new variety that was found recently, 1982d small date copper. So far there is one known to exist, so be on the look out man. Cya

@CoinsforAmateurs1

7 жыл бұрын

Had not heard that- better start checking my 82's! Thanks for the tip!!

Thank you for calling them 'cents.' America has NEVER minted a penny. I love sifting through my change for these beauties, never went to the bank for rolls. I think there's a good chance that the dollar will collapses, due to over printing. If it does, the copper cents just might go to face value on a new gold/silver standard. Imagine: 100 copper cents for a constitutional silver dollar, 140 copper cents for an American silver eagle, or even better, 5,000 copper cents for a gold eagle or buffalo!