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>>57047736
>be you, desiring wheat pennies
>go to bank, preferably the larger buildings
>ask for a box of pennies (most have a $20 limit [box is $25])
>sort out the pre1982 pennies
>sort out the wheat pennies
>forgot to mention one of those penny sorters 2 steps ago.
>about 8 pre82 pennies per dollar
>every now and then a wheat penny
>as you drain the bank, they go farther back in their stock
>pennies get older and older the more you go
>jewslose
I cant believe rhey debased the penny from copper to zinc. It was bad enough that the gold and silver were removed from the backing

There was a point in time when we had copper pennies ans silver dollars, gold coins too.