Roommates dad told us about a kid that found a 1964 copper penny, supposed to be the steel ones, but an ingot of copper got in and stamped out a bunch in copper. 2.5m was what he told us they're reported worth, tho he know if we slowed that with it research, we'd be combing everywhere for pennies lol. Can I ask you folks for some knowledge? Apologies for not reading up on the sites myself first. I keep getting sidetracked by interesting bits of this amd that, and lost the penny twice.
You're confusing this story with a 1943 Copper Cent. 1964 Cents are struck on copper planchets.......they're not errors
Thank you. The way that this one looks compared to other pennies. With the face have a dish shaped surface. Sorry, but posted thread too quick and didn't kid the pics. Here that are, what's the deal with that?
That's a normal 1964-D cent. Copper was needed in the war effort so in 1943 Cents were made of steel. Welcome to CT.
Australia had the biggest Copper mine of the time. Stiff upper lip I suppose, and a bit of propaganda on our part. JMO
They've been pulling copper out of Butte Montana for well over 150 years. It's called the richest hill on earth. It has produced over $162 billion dollars in the 6 square miles it encompasses in various metals. The current estimate is that there are more resources that have not been mined than have been. It's a neat place to see and a beautiful area too.
