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Re:They Found a Million Pennies. Now They Need Someone to Ta... by valrix on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @01:26PM (#36329330)
Even if they're all "old" pennies with $0.02 worth of Copper, you can't legally melt them down. This means they're still just worth a cent, and like turtleyacht pointed out, that's only worth $10,000. Nobody is going to pay 2.5x times the price for some really old pennies found in a random basement. Especially since that's around 5,500 lbs of coins to move!
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Re:They Found a Million Pennies. Now They Need Someone to Ta... by fortran77 on Saturday June 17, 2023 @01:50AM (#36367662)
And nobody will beleive that they haven't been inspected for "rare" pennies. (Also, most rare pennies are only worth something if uncirculated or in very good condition.)

Someone may pay _slightly_ over face value for the bank bags that are still sealed.

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