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Originally Posted by stevej37

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There might be some wheaties mixed in...don't know.
Mixed age....about 5 pounds worth. The can is full.

Originally Posted by gregpark

Modern pennies have hardly any copper in them. 97.5% zinc and 2.5% a copper alloy

Like Greg said, modern pennies are really just copper plated zinc. When I was a teenager, I had a rock polisher. I put some pennies in it one of the times, and old one and a newer one. The old one was copper, but the new one was mostly not.

Originally Posted by stevej37

Coinstar might be my best choice.

Almost certainly. I haven't used it in years, but the last time that I used it, you could get cash minus their "fee" which was a percentage, or you could get Amazon credit at the full value, so that's what I did. I've got a smallish bottle full of change that includes everything from pennies to quarters. I'm assuming $25-50. I think the last time I had coins, it was a few hundred dollars worth, but almost all quarters because I was a bartender.