Things You'll Need:
- Federal Reserve Notes (paper $$s)
- Good Sources of Copper
- Desire to invest
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Step 1
A real centUnderstand that US Pennies up to 1981 are 95% Copper/Cu and Canadian Pennies up to 1996 are 98% Copper/Cu. After these dates pennies have been made from copper coated zinc (US and Canada) and copper coated steel (Canada) in a process called debasing.
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Step 2
68 lb box Copper Penny BullionFind a good supplier set up to supply at the level you want to invest at. Some suppliers focus on 1 lb to 10 lb lots. Other suppliers focus on 68 lb flat rate USPS boxes. Some suppliers will sell you a ton (2000 lbs) or more at a time.
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Step 3
Decide if you want to hold the copper yourself or have it stored:
If you are investing in a few to a few hundred lbs you should store it at home. 68 lbs fits in a USPS flat rate box that will slide under most beds.
If you want to invest by the ton instead, consider having your copper stored in a secure location. -
Step 4
1 ton of copper pennies at the Portland MintGo shopping for your copper pennies. Sources include:
a) e-Bay.com - Copper Bullion category.
b) Copper Cave www.coppercave.com for smaller lots
c) The Portland Mint www.portlandmint.com (larger lots)
d) Realcent Forum http://realcent.forumco.com/ (various sellers and good place for education)

















Comments
kjshannon said
on 2/8/2010 great job. this should be easy for most
vickymom64 said
on 1/13/2010 Excellent article! I save old coins.
voldberg said
on 12/18/2009 Great article! Nice work. Thanks 5*.
jaxicat said
on 12/5/2009 Thanks very much; I would like to do this. 5*
jpwriter said
on 12/2/2009 Interesting. So with this source of copper you can actually just buy them for 1 cent instead of per pound for copper? I'd think that would be the advantage of seeing pennies for worth more than what they are if you have the right years. I'll have to look through my saved coins now!