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minus-squarestupidcasey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoThe existing one’s are worthless and trash, you could get more money off them as scrap metal they just also are legally required to take them at stores.
minus-squareHumanoidTyphoon@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day ago$0.0085698 is the melt value for the 1982-2014 zinc cent on November 17, 2025.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoBut if you have 100 pre-1982 pennies they’re worth $3.188! Time to get melting. I’m sure I have a few hundred older pennies from grandpas old basement. Just gotta weed out any special ones, or not.
minus-square5in1K@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoYou can gravity sort them fairly easily and quickly
The existing one’s are worthless and trash, you could get more money off them as scrap metal they just also are legally required to take them at stores.
$0.0085698 is the melt value for the 1982-2014 zinc cent on November 17, 2025.
But if you have 100 pre-1982 pennies they’re worth $3.188!
Time to get melting. I’m sure I have a few hundred older pennies from grandpas old basement. Just gotta weed out any special ones, or not.
You can gravity sort them fairly easily and quickly