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I was fortunate enough to have been born and raised in the time when as a child if I were given a penny (a real copper penny) I could go to a number of local stores and actually buy a piece or two of candy.
It makes me sad and a little angry that the penny has less value as currency than scrap.
I do spread the word to anyone interested and I do still stop to pick up a dropped or discarded penny.......heads or tails. ;?)
PS. I always drop at least one penny in the tray at the counters if I get one in my change.

Even my family thinks that I have a screw loose when it comes to stacking copper. That's alright. The more that I set aside the more I have. However, the one thing that I've been noticing is that my yields are fallings and have been for awhile now. I do believe that it is a lot more people are stacking or the yield is falling because of the population of each new year is lowering the overall percentage. More coined dilutes the available coins. Basic copper stays the same but the number of overall pennies is increasing.

I keep tight lipped! No sense in giving anyone any more reasons to have me committed!

I haven't told more than a handful of my friends about penny sorting. Although I haven't sorted any boxes for quite some time, I still hang on to the ones I find in loose change and what not, or see if my LCS has any Canadian coppers. I find myself looking at pennies in a different way than I used to. Any extra funds I do get end up going for more shiny!