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minus-squareHumanoidTyphoon@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days ago$0.0085698 is the melt value for the 1982-2014 zinc cent on November 17, 2025.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoBut if you have 100 pre-1982 pennies they’re worth $3.188! Time to get melting. I’m sure I have a few hundred older pennies from grandpas old basement. Just gotta weed out any special ones, or not.
minus-square5in1K@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoYou can gravity sort them fairly easily and quickly
$0.0085698 is the melt value for the 1982-2014 zinc cent on November 17, 2025.
But if you have 100 pre-1982 pennies they’re worth $3.188!
Time to get melting. I’m sure I have a few hundred older pennies from grandpas old basement. Just gotta weed out any special ones, or not.
You can gravity sort them fairly easily and quickly