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soooo what do you guys do with these copper pennies?

Postby DollarsNSense » Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:13 pm

been inactive for a minute. lots of work with my business so sorting pennys has been on hold. but im courious what you guys do with these pennies? i have $15 of rolled copper and a full red cup of pennies...what should i do with these things lol? what do you guys do with them? yall just save them or sell them to others on here or ebay or stare at them and hope one day to melt them down and make a gaggillion smackaroos?
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Re: soooo what do you guys do with these copper pennies?

Postby TwoPenniesEarned » Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:33 pm

Stack em.
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Postby TwoPenniesEarned » Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:33 pm

Stack em.
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Re: soooo what do you guys do with these copper pennies?

Postby DollarsNSense » Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:45 pm

so just stack em and wait for the melting to happen?
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Postby justoneguy » Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:47 pm

my 3 yo son stacks 'em,
then knocks 'em over and stacks some more
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Re: soooo what do you guys do with these copper pennies?

Postby cesariojpn » Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:16 am

I try to pretend i'm Scrooge McDuck.
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Re: soooo what do you guys do with these copper pennies?

Postby Cu Lung » Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:28 am

Hoard some, sell some use profit to buy silver, hoard some more, sell some more pay down debt. You know the usual. :mrgreen:
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Re: soooo what do you guys do with these copper pennies?

Postby DollarsNSense » Mon Mar 05, 2012 1:00 am

cesariojpn wrote:I try to pretend i'm Scrooge McDuck.


made me smirk. ive kinda done that already
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Postby dannan14 » Mon Mar 05, 2012 1:41 am

cesariojpn wrote:I try to pretend i'm Scrooge McDuck.


^^^^This
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Re: soooo what do you guys do with these copper pennies?

Postby fansubs_ca » Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:35 am

Well, I've used plastic jars of copper pennies (and 99.9% pure nickels) to weight down
my washing machine and keep it from jumping around if I can't get the load quite 100%
balanced. :-D

They make those machines about 15-45 lbs too light to stay in place on their own, I
guess it makes them easier to transport and a bit cheaper to manufacture. Easy to
fix at my end. ;)
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Re: soooo what do you guys do with these copper pennies?

Postby knibloe » Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:30 am

I stackthem and sell some just often enough to remind my wife of the potential that this hobby has to make money.
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Re: soooo what do you guys do with these copper pennies?

Postby tuleja » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:37 am

Same as Knibloe,

One to sell, stack two for me, one to sell, stack two for me.

I try to sell enough that I can write off some of my supplies, since I already have a completely different side business.
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Postby merchoarder » Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:16 pm

I'm 31 years old and copper pennies + silver= my retirement plan.
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Postby Rosco » Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:29 pm

I'm 74 an Retired so I can't afford AU AG that make CU my thing ;)

I have stabilized one cabinet so far :mrgreen:
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Postby maoguinn » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:10 pm

merchoarder wrote:I'm 31 years old and copper pennies + silver= my retirement plan.

I am 38 years old and this is my plan also. ;)
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Re: soooo what do you guys do with these copper pennies?

Postby silverflake » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:19 pm

Stack 'em. If you get bored, keep stacking. If you really get bored, keep stacking and send them to me. No problem, no questions asked.

When in doubt, Keep stacking.
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Re: soooo what do you guys do with these copper pennies?

Postby ZenOps » Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:41 pm

When they lift the melt ban, I plan on making a bronze statue of myself. No wait, an indestructable nickel statue of myself.

So that 2,000 years from now some archaeologist will find it and assume I was some sort of king.
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Re: soooo what do you guys do with these copper pennies?

Postby merchoarder » Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:48 pm

Haha, stack, stack, repeat, future self thanks you!!
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Re: soooo what do you guys do with these copper pennies?

Postby slvrbck » Mon Mar 05, 2012 10:57 pm

I'm 29. Looking for a better retirement than through s&p indexes. Pretty sure I'm on my way.
Soooo... Is it just me or is a chart of US debt looking dangerously parabolic?
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Re: soooo what do you guys do with these copper pennies?

Postby John_doe » Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:06 pm

DollarsNSense wrote:been inactive for a minute. lots of work with my business so sorting pennys has been on hold. but im courious what you guys do with these pennies? i have $15 of rolled copper and a full red cup of pennies...what should i do with these things lol? what do you guys do with them? yall just save them or sell them to others on here or ebay or stare at them and hope one day to melt them down and make a gaggillion smackaroos?




Melt them down and turn them into bars.
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Re: soooo what do you guys do with these copper pennies?

Postby crazypennyguy » Tue Mar 06, 2012 2:22 am

Myself, I'm still stacking - although I'm a piker compared to the Ryedale circuit here.

Some of 'em are close to expert in the area of shear tolerances of cement floors :mrgreen:
I did it. I've been crazy enough to sort through 10,000 rolls of pennies. Almost makes you think, "some people will do anything to build up a coin collection."
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Re: soooo what do you guys do with these copper pennies?

Postby John_doe » Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:07 pm

John_doe wrote:
DollarsNSense wrote:been inactive for a minute. lots of work with my business so sorting pennys has been on hold. but im courious what you guys do with these pennies? i have $15 of rolled copper and a full red cup of pennies...what should i do with these things lol? what do you guys do with them? yall just save them or sell them to others on here or ebay or stare at them and hope one day to melt them down and make a gaggillion smackaroos?




Melt them down and turn them into bars.



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Re: soooo what do you guys do with these copper pennies?

Postby brexzz1 » Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:43 am

I sell them
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Postby Cu Later » Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:06 am

stacking with silver for retirement & a lil Scrooge
as well, except im not pretending. copper floors,
countertops, hot tub, steam room, accents etc.
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Re: soooo what do you guys do with these copper pennies?

Postby Cu Penny Hoarder » Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:31 am

Rosco wrote:I'm 74 an Retired so I can't afford AU AG that make CU my thing ;)

I have stabilized one cabinet so far :mrgreen:


Quite the opposite here... most of my cabinets are sagging under the weight of hundreds of $25 penny boxes filled with Cu. :mrgreen:
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