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[mick]

this is from FA at his forum. RE: what is your penny worth in salvage?

FinancialAdvisor's College Class (FACC)#board-2767

see message #msg-21842547 and #msg-21842005


http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=21842547

and
#msg-21842005

http://www.coinflation.com

Posted by: mick
In reply to: FinancialAdvisor who wrote msg# 23292 Date:8/6/2007 11:03:10 AM
Post #of 23294

RE: so after 1982 is there more zinc in the copper penny?

very nice,,,

Posted by: FinancialAdvisor
In reply to: mick who wrote msg# 23290 Date:8/6/2007 10:50:27 AM
Post #of 23292

*Hi mick, according to one of my favorite websites, http://www.coinflation.com > The pre-1982 copper penny is worth 2.35 cents at the moment in metal value.

The coin is 95% copper and 5% zinc and weighs in at 3.11 grams.

1 pound = 453.59237 grams

So it takes about 146 pennies to make a pound. If you have a jar that's 20 pounds of 95% pre-1982 copper pennies then you have roughly 2,920 pennies in each jar.