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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 2326635, member: 68"]I'd guess the FED will eventually do the right thing and withdraw the toxic little slugs for proper disposal. At that time the pennies will start disappearing pretty fast. There are so many of them people will be tossing them in the trash for decades as they turn up in the backs of drawers and under the old carpeting. </p><p> </p><p>People won't go to the trouble of turning in their pennies so there will still be jars and buckets of them around for many years. But these are a consumable so their numbers will fall dramatically and very fast. In 50 years there will be only a couple billion surviving. Most of these will be junk. Zincolns that aren't properly stored will all be gone. MS-63's as BadThad says will still be common for every date. </p><p> </p><p>Many dates will be elusive in Gem and top examples will be even scarcer than they are now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 2326635, member: 68"]I'd guess the FED will eventually do the right thing and withdraw the toxic little slugs for proper disposal. At that time the pennies will start disappearing pretty fast. There are so many of them people will be tossing them in the trash for decades as they turn up in the backs of drawers and under the old carpeting. People won't go to the trouble of turning in their pennies so there will still be jars and buckets of them around for many years. But these are a consumable so their numbers will fall dramatically and very fast. In 50 years there will be only a couple billion surviving. Most of these will be junk. Zincolns that aren't properly stored will all be gone. MS-63's as BadThad says will still be common for every date. Many dates will be elusive in Gem and top examples will be even scarcer than they are now.[/QUOTE]
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