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<p>[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 92886, member: 4626"]Copper would have to go WAY up for people to much care. There was specualtion of copper going up significantly in 1982 which is why they took copper out to begin with (most of it... modern pennies are about 2.5% copper by weight). Early on a few people hoarded them in speculation of copper going way up, but nothing much came of it. You can easily find tons of pre 1982 pennies in ciruculation without even trying hard, while pre-1965 quarters and dimes are almost never seen (I've seen them in circulation only on very rare ocassions).</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd think copper would have to at least quadruple from its current price for people to take serious interest in hoarding pre-1982 pennies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 92886, member: 4626"]Copper would have to go WAY up for people to much care. There was specualtion of copper going up significantly in 1982 which is why they took copper out to begin with (most of it... modern pennies are about 2.5% copper by weight). Early on a few people hoarded them in speculation of copper going way up, but nothing much came of it. You can easily find tons of pre 1982 pennies in ciruculation without even trying hard, while pre-1965 quarters and dimes are almost never seen (I've seen them in circulation only on very rare ocassions). I'd think copper would have to at least quadruple from its current price for people to take serious interest in hoarding pre-1982 pennies.[/QUOTE]
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