There are a significant number of rare coins, with some printing deficiencies or that are part of specific mintings that make ...
Trump thinks pennies are a bad deal and unnecessary. But to a group of businesses that rely on them, the penny is precious.
The explanation, it seems, lies in copper’s chemistry. “The copper found in old coins is a natural fungicide that can help keep bacteria at bay, preventing your flowers from dying prematurely ...
Placing copper coins in the soil to make your plants grow is a popular old wives' tale, but experts caution that it could do ...
They were replaced by coins of mostly zinc thinly coated with copper. The solid copper old ones were more pliable and easier to stamp, making them hot items for kids at funfairs. “They’ll ...
His company, Portland Mint, sells old pennies in bulk – 40,000 pounds at a time – to investors angling to profit on the copper that makes up 95% of the coins minted before 1983. A cache of one ...