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Coin Roll Hunting 2012

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I Hunt for Copper for Fun

I have been collecting pennies for years. I have watched people online talking about collecting copper to hedge against the American monetary system. I have seen people horde copper pennies because they think it is going to sky rocket in price.

Personally I like to collect copper pennies because I like to see what I can find. The last time I ran the numbers, I was finding about 22% copper in each roll I looked through.

Found in Each Penny Roll This Year

I am Trying to Open One Roll Per Day This Year

18 Rolls
900 Pennies Searched
174 Coppers Found
6 Wheaties Found
26 1982s Found
  1. 9 Coppers
  2. 11 Coppers, 3 1982s & 2 Wheaties
  3. 12 Coppers & 1 1982
  4. 12 Coppers and 2 1982s
  5. 3 Coppers
  6. 6 Coppers & 2 1982s
  7. 1 Copper and 1 1982
  8. 16 Coppers and 3 1982s
  9. 10 Coppers
  10. 7 Coppers, 2 1982s & 1 Wheatie
  11. 12 Coppers & 1 Wheatie

Watch Me Fly Through 2 Rolls

January 5th 2012

Roll 12. 10 Coppers & 1 1982
Roll 13. 13 Coppers
Copper Coin Roll Hunting 12 & 13
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January 7th, 2012

Roll 14: 11 Coppers & 1 1982
Roll 15: 8 Coppers, 2 1982s and 1 Wheatie

January 9th, 2012

I am waiting for some cash to come through so I can go buy more penny rolls. I am thinking about buying about $10 worth. I figure they will keep me busy for the next month.

Question from smithlights

January 10th, 2012

Smithlights asked, "...can you please explain the difference between coppers and the other things you're looking for? What's so special about 1982s?"

I am looking for pennies made out of 95% copper. In 1982 the US mint changed the content of the metal in pennies from 95% copper to 95% zinc. That means not all of the 1982s are copper. I save these so I can go through them later and determine whether they are copper or zinc. The easiest way to do that is with a digital scale. Zinc is lighter than copper.

Anything before 1982 is copper. I find it fun to go through the rolls to see how much copper I can find. It is much more fun than trying to find Silver coins in rolls of dimes and Quarters. I am much more successful. Silver is much more scarce. I can usually get 8 to 12 coppers out of a 50 count roll of pennies. Excitement. Copper pennies are worth more than twice their face value. I like making double my money. :)

Thanks for the question.

More Rolls to Open

January 24th - February 21st 2012

Roll 16: 7 Coppers, 3 1982s, 1 Wheatie and 1 Canadian
Roll 17: 14 Coppers and 1 1982
Roll 18: 12 Coppers and 4 1982s

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Coin roll hunting for copper cent and wheats - Jan 2012 CRH
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Tell Me About Your Coin Hunting

  • scraps2treasures Feb 29, 2012 @ 6:49 pm | delete
    I keep an eye out for copper pennies too but for a different reason. I collect elongated pennies. So I always hold back any copper pennies I find for use in making the smashed pennies.
  • rgasperson Mar 1, 2012 @ 8:20 am | delete
    I did that for a while. I still like to collect elongated pennies when I go somewhere interesting. All these smashed pennies are just making my pennies more valuable right?
  • smithlights Jan 10, 2012 @ 2:49 pm | delete
    Very interesting. Maybe I missed it because I didn't watch the videos (Netflix is on!), but can you please explain the difference between coppers and the other things you're looking for? What's so special about 1982s? I know what wheat pennies are- for years my cousin called them hay pennies because she didn't know the difference between wheat and hay. City kid. Thanks!
  • rgasperson Jan 10, 2012 @ 3:16 pm | delete
    I answered Your question above in the lens and gave you a little credit for the question. Hope you don't mind.
  • smithlights Jan 10, 2012 @ 3:53 pm | delete
    Well done! Thanks! That can be the thing I learned today.
  • cffutah Jan 3, 2012 @ 7:52 pm | delete
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