There was a guy at my local antique mall that was selling two plastic capsules filled with copper cents... The description said "Last Copper Cents" on a piece of paper behind it. Does anybody have any idea what that means? He was selling it for $150. I don't have any pictures and all I saw was what I described...
I could be wrong but I'm thinking it means dates on the Lincoln cents are dated before 1982 before the addition of zinc, as opposed to copper.
Probably cents dated 1982 and prior. In 1982, the production switched over to the zinc/copper clad cents.
How big is the jar? They may also be trying to sell the 'copper' for the equivalent of melt (not sure what that is at the moment). Curious perhaps...but copper cents can be hoarded by anyone with time to spare. But the likelihood that the US government would ever consider allowing cents to be melted down would be low and only improved if the cent went away. I personally don't see much of an upside to hoard copper cents, but to each...their own.
Its not a jar... Its a plastic tube big enough for cents... There was prolly about $1.00 worth of cents
No idea. Copper value for a roll of cents is about $1. Numismatic value is different, but for 100 cents to equate to $150, each cent has to be a sought after coin. I suspect that's not the case.
Maby he wanted 1.50? Or hes trying to sucker someone into buying magic pennies that make your toes grow
Because he is looking for a sucker. Someone who gets real excited over getting the "last" of something, but who has no idea of values.
This is what I was thinking, BUT then again I figured it be best to see what the seller really has in the plastic tube. Only one way to really know what's in there is to take a look... 40 years ago I was at an estate sale where the auctioneer was selling off some coins. The estates kids didn't want anything the father had (JUST SELL IT ALL AND SEND US A CHECK) is what they told the auctioneer. 4 ratty taped up plastic Rolls of wheat cents according to the label... Except in the rolls were $2.5 dollar gold pieces.
