You could be sitting on a goldmine
By winterose
@winterose (39887)
Canada
May 6, 2008 9:39pm CST
What do you do with your pennies?
Do you know a valuable penny when you see one?
The 1943 US penny is worth 80,000 dollars at the moment.
For more information including history of the penny and valuable uses (copper is worth a lot these days):
http://archives.zinester.com/98907/157994.html
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15 responses
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 May 08
Wow I definitely have to start looking at my pennies now. I have an almost brand new looking Morgan O Silver Dollar that MIGHT be worth a few hundred--it's from the late 1800s...wondering where I can sell some of my old coins..also have a few coins dating from the early 1800s
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
10 May 08
ebay and online collectors, and collectors in your town as well.
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
7 May 08
the lead penny had always been worth money for they really didnt make many but ya know in all the years I have looked at pennies I never kept one and I should of think last one I saw was back in the 40s. and I wasnt very old so ya dont think of saving them at that agge
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
10 May 08
too bad, hon, imagine if you kept that 1943 penny it would be a godsend for you right now.
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@lovespecialangel (3632)
• United States
7 May 08
I may have to take a look at my pennies! I know I probably don't have one of the 1943 pennies, but it would be so great if I did. I could pay off pretty much all of my bills and still have money left over. Unfortunately, my luck isn't that good.
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@marciascott (25529)
• United States
7 May 08
Don't think like that think possitive, you never know one day you will find that lucky penny, one day I might find it too. I am thinking possitive and you should too.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
10 May 08
hold on to your dreams hon, that is one of the few things we have to ourself in life.
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@katbalu102 (377)
• Philippines
7 May 08
wow. $80,000 for a single penny, thats amazing. i have heard about people collecting very old coins. i forgot what the person is called, you know, the one who buys and collects the coins. my dad collects coins as well, but were not from the u.s.. maybe theres a coin collector here too... hehehehe... he even told me once that when he was a kid an american soldier gave him a fjk coin. i think its still around here somewhere... i might ask him about it one of these days
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
10 May 08
I can't think of the name of it right now either.
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
15 May 08
Shhhh!I won't tell my husband if you don't
..lol
He gives me the pennies but keeps the rest of the change and I save it up. So maybe I will go and look through them see if I cna get lucky. I need all the luck I can get right now.1 person likes this
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
20 May 08
gosh don't we all need luck, times are hard for everyone, it is just awful.
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
22 May 08
Doesn't seem all those 4 and 5 leaf clovers are doing me any good. Maybe since I plucked them that drained all the luck out of them. I found 8 5-leaf clovers and a few 4 leaf clovers and pulled them made wishes mostly for my mom and little sister and put them in the bible. But I guess next time I will just wish and leave then alone maybe I will get more luck that way. I wish everyone in the world would wake up today and find that something has went their way that a problem is solved, their heavy load lightened,and that they will have a easy stress free day, no worries.
@marciascott (25529)
• United States
7 May 08
Yes Winterrose I have heard that before, that is why I keep my pennies, because you never know if you might find one, I am going to be checking my pennies out as soon as I can. I am always saving pennies. that is some good information, thanks. have a good night!
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
10 May 08
I hope you get lucky too hon, you just never know.
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@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
22 May 08
WWOOOOOOWWWW!! We have JARS AND JARS of pennies! I'll have to go through them all and see what we have..LOL I think I'll enlist my daughter to help though cause we really do have a lot of them LOL
thanks for sharing that 
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
12 May 08
That was very interesting. I tried to read all the uses for pennies, but there were way too many. My roommate seems to think that pennies are not U.S. currency at all. She gives them to me and I gladly accept them. They still add up if you ask me. I have around $10 worth of pennies. They come in handy when I have no change for the bus.
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
20 May 08
well I am in canada and we can't use pennies on the bus, we have to go directly to the bank to change them.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
10 May 08
I was thinking the same thing, I might have had one and spent two, not thinking it was worth anything.
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@Sherry12 (2472)
• United States
19 May 08
I do keep pennies. I check for wheat pennies, I've found quite a few. They are becomming harder and harder to find. I'm not really a coin collector, but I love looking thru coins in hopes of finding a valuable one. When my children were young, we'd get rolls of pennies from the bank to look thru. I have a book that list the current values.
@gemini_rose (16264)
•
7 May 08
I put all my pennies in a jar and then every so often count them all up and put them in the bank. I do not think any of the pennies I have are worth much more than the penny but I will certainly be keeping my eye out in case I come across any US ones, now that would be worth having!!
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@winterose (39887)
• Canada
10 May 08
You are welcome hon, I hope you strike it lucky
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@saivenkaat802003 (4823)
• India
23 May 08
O! this is unimaginary figure,..Kindly check it out, whether you have one or a penny prior to the 1943 US penny.
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