by pointomega » Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:51 pm
I haven't posted in a long time, but visit the site regularly. I was inspired by the Realcenters on national TV, building up their hoards, so I picked up 2 Brinks Boxes of pennies today from BOA. Man, have times changed from the days of 20-25 copper %. The first roll was all zinc. This has never happened to me before. M y heart sunk. After the sixth roll without one copper pull, I realized that the game has changed and for the worst. Could be wrong, but I think all the publicity and knowledge spread by this forum has finally taken its toll on the copper penny. Its days are numbered and I think the ride downhill will go faster than most of us ever imagined. I have read what others are writing, so I know that I'm not the only one to experience such dismal percentages. I was actually looking forward to a weekend with my kids, them yelling out excitedly "Wheatie" when a penny from 1958 and earlier shined through the pile. Maybe even a rare wild Indian, which happened to us from time to time. Now I'm lucky if we find one penny from 1980. How depressing!