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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tom Maringer, post: 181745, member: 7033&quot;]I&#039;m gathering (not hoarding) copper from any source. I pull coppers out of penny bags. You can tell 1982 zinkies from coppers by flipping the coin... copper rings true... zinc just goes thunk.&nbsp; I also purchase copper slugs or punchings from industrial manufacturers when I can get it for scrap price... as well as bar and sheet copper whenever I can get it for a decent price. By the way, I no longer store the pile of bars outside. The price of copper has gotten to where it might walk away. </p><p><br /></p><p>Pre-&#039;82 copper pennies make great blanks for overstriking. You just run them through a furnace at 1100 degrees f to anneal and then tumble them clean before striking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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