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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;steve63, post: 2315227, member: 76463&quot;]Don&#039;t get me wrong guys, I&#039;m not some crazy hoarder with barrels of copper coins sitting in my garage somewhere.&nbsp; I realize the laws may never change and the value of copper will fluctuate and may never go up again.&nbsp; I certainly don&#039;t save these pennies thinking I&quot;m going to strike it rich some day.&nbsp; I think I&#039;m just a bit jealous of the pre-1965 collectors who were smart enough to anticipate what would happen with silver.&nbsp; Whatever happens with copper, I realize it will never come close to what happened with silver in the 60s and 70s when hoarders were able to sell silver dimes and quarters for 10 or 20 times face value.&nbsp; If someday I can make just a few dollars off some saved pennies in the same way that might be cool but I realize it&#039;s just a chance...I&#039;m doing it more for fun. </p><p><br /></p><p>As far as cleaning them the main reason I asked is because most of the ones I saved came from a large bucket that had been sitting in my father&#039;s unheated, unventilated garage for 30-40 years.&nbsp; They were very oily, grimy and greasy and I figured if they could never be saved for copper value then perhaps they could be used as penny hole fillers some day.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, thanks for feedback.&nbsp; I&#039;ll probably just continue to clean the real dirty ones.&nbsp; I realize I may be wasting my time but heck I&#039;m sure some people said the same thing to people who were saving silver coins back in the 50s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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