I want to save pennies but the copper ones and i want to know how much can you make from one jar just need to know
1909s VDB penny $500 save pennies!!!!!!!
not much; there are very few true copper pennies out there; and it is illegal to destroy money. so ... $8.12, give or take a penny - lol !!
Saving Pennies For Copper
Since it is illegal to melt US cents, you can't make money just by having common copper cents. Theoretically, if you saved thousands and thousands of them, and shipped them to Canada to be melted for their copper content, you could get paid maybe 2 cents each. If you have wheat cents' (Lincoln cents before 1959) you can get paid 2 cents each for those easily at any coin shop. They don't get melted, they get resold to collectors.
