So I was on my local freecycle.com site and someone was giving away a bucket of pennies. Well I went and got it so here I am sorting and rolling cents. There mostly coppers :thumb: I'll post a total tally shortly.
I personally love pennies but that has to sat something about the popularity and/ or worth of a penny. Giving away a bucket of them?
I certainly was surprised someone was literally giving away money. Size was 1 gallon, about 2 inches from the rim And it contained: Fun Stuff: 2x paper clips (silver and purple) 1x Small white button 1x Unidentified small rubber stop 1x Green beach glass 1x Brass washer 1x Translucent Red game token 1x Twist tie 1x Christmas candles sticker 1x Receipt for one SML Veggie Soup for $3.50 Oct27,1998 Other money: 3x 2p Ireland 1971 1x 10p Ireland 1975 1x 1p Ireland 1976 1x 10p Germany 1990 1x 1p UK 1976 2x 2p UK 1971 1x 1/2p UK 1983 1x 20c France 1994 4x 10c Canada The Pennies: 125x US Zinc 103x US Copper 10x US 1972 3x Wheat Copper 37 53d 51s 1x US Copper that met a train 7x Can 40-52 Copper 54x Can 53-64 Copper 465x Can 65-77 Copper 268x Can 78-79 Copper 350x Can 80-81 Copper 2312x Can 82-96 Copper 269x Can 97-12 Zinc/Steel So thats a total of $39.94 in 1 cents
@Skylark, Is it safe to assume you live on the west coast of Canada? There were an awful lot of Can pennies in that bucket.
If you live on the west coast of the US and not Canada thats probably why they're giving it away....Mostly Canadian and I know all the banks in my area will NOT take Canadian coin back...even if I got it from them in rolled coin. So in that sense yeah I can see why they were giving it away. If your in Canada then I don't know what that guy was thinking then...lol
I live in Vancouver When picking it up she thought I could maybe use it for crafts. Didnt say it but I thought, Nope going to keep the good stuff and cash the rest in.
