To clarify my previous post, a bucket of pure copper pennies is likely to be worth about twice (or more) the face value of the actual number of coins in said bucket. If a five-gallon bucket holds 50,000 pennies, it could be worth a grand for the melt value.
Stuart, I also got a 1926 cent in regular change 6-8 years ago. It sticks out in my memory because my dad was born in 1926.
I worked at a public library circulation desk in 2005. I would scan for old coins in the daily fine money, but the only notable one I came across was a 1948 quarter.
My boss, the head librarian actually tossed a couple Canadian pennies into the waste basket one day. I was a bit surprised (and amused) at that, but I didn't say anything.
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