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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pocket Change, post: 200569, member: 8012&quot;]<b>That&#039;s what is attracting people</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you do some web searches on penny hoarding, you&#039;ll get a similar message.&nbsp; Basically, by keeping copper cents, you lose/risk absolutely nothing and there is strong probablility that you will gain a whole lot.&nbsp; Of course, you get into questions of storage, weight, etc.&nbsp; Obviously not as interesting as saving silver dimes <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are even people who point out that zinc has actually gone up more in the last five years than copper has - thus raising speculation that the current lincoln cents (after 1982 are 97.5% zinc) may also be investments in the very near future.&nbsp; I believe that coininflation.com puts recent lincolns metal value at about 87% face value.&nbsp; This should not be happening.&nbsp; Modern coins are tokens and are not actually worth their face value.&nbsp; So it&#039;s likely that the current Lincolns will become steel very soon.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as selling, just do a search in the e-bay coin section for 1982 and you should find several auctions for lots of pre-1982 lincolns.&nbsp; However, copper will have to go WAY up before you&#039;ll be able to walk into a coin dealer and get any kind of premium for them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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