<prompt> Human: The Video I was looking up some scrap metal how-to videos ran across this. I didnt know people were doing this. They are basically saving their pre-1981 pennies because they are copper... the post-1982 pennies are made of copper-plated zinc... and just holding on to them until the day it is legal to sell them as scrap.Which interests me, because I am in the metal detecting hobby have dug up a ton of pennies in the past. And... i have a LOT of time to kill.What do you guys think about this?  <response>: The guy they profile has 200,000 pennies in his shed. so 2000 face value, or 4800 worth of copper todays value. For that he is driving all over town once a week, and spending time sorting pennies and returning the bad ones. Hes also invested 500 in a sorting machine. All that betting on being able to destroy them at some point in the future. I dont know, it isnt something I would do. 