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Message:: [QUOTE="10gary22, post: 1130538, member: 23626"]Since I search for errors or varieties. I look at all the coins. I have found a really rare 1988 D reverse 89 as well as some more common ones like the 1995 DDO. Of course I look at all the copper and have found a 1972 S Double Date, etc. But since I search and sort them anyway, I just keep the copper. I have several plastic coin tubes. Inside the caps I placed labls I made from printer paper. With a marker I labeled each tube with a year and mint. When the tube fills, I transfer the coins to a paper wrapper. Then in the bank box cents are transferred in. Long term ? Maybe. Never gave it a lot of thought. Because it seems foolish to turn in a coin with 3c of copper in it for 1c. I can always cash them in for face value. So it's like something for this old disabled guy to keep busy at and kind of a small savings account. I hide boxes around so a thief would have to work very hard for say $50 worth of pennies weighing more than 33 pounds. It's fun and maybe someday the ban on melting will be lifted and I can take them to a smelter or sell them on eBay ?[/QUOTE]