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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 426176, member: 15445&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman">Gotta share this...</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Yesterday, my sister’s neighbor sold me 8 coffee cans full of Lincoln cents.&nbsp; The neighbor’s 90 year old father had “collected them” until his death about 5 years ago.&nbsp; With a story like that, I thought that they should be worth face value.&nbsp; They counted one can at $13 worth of cents. &amp; I paid them 8 x $13 = $104 face value for them all.&nbsp; I poured the first ½ can onto a table last night &amp; started searching for a 22 no D.&nbsp; Unfortunately, I have found that all the cans are simply the father’s pocket change from the 1980s &amp; 90s.&nbsp; The very earliest coin found so far is from the 1940s.&nbsp; Most are dated 1969 to 1989.&nbsp; I will look for varieties until I get tired.&nbsp; When I get tired, all the non-copper memorial cents will all go to the bank.&nbsp; </font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">There are only about 10,000 more cents to inspect &amp; I doubt I will get through more than 1 or 2 cans unless I find some thing which compels me to search further.&nbsp; I am now separating the cents by date and then will break that down by mint mark.&nbsp; During the mint mark inspection, I plan to carefully inspect for pieces of interest.&nbsp; </font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Q1 Please let me know if you have a favorite variety for which you think I should look.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Q2 If I were to end up with thousands of copper cents, is there someplace where they can be sold for melt?&nbsp; I wonder if the local guys that buy silver &amp; gold typically also buy copper cents.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Very best regards,</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">collect89&nbsp; &nbsp; </font></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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