One million very old copper pennies headed to Coinstar in Los Angeles!

A couple days ago I posted about the 1943 copper penny that sold for over $200,000 US. I also mentioned that in someone's copper penny stash there could be others around. One of those stashes is about to be unleashed. A family in Los Angeles discovered a stash one million copper pennies in the crawl space during a renovation on the home that belonged to the wife's father who was a German immigrant. All were from pre 1982 when they changed over to copper clad zinc. However they don't want to deal with all those coins (being absolute moronic fools.) They put them on OfferUp for $25,000, no takers. Banks didn't want that many pennies so they are talking about coinstar! For those unfamiliar with it, it's a machine that sorts coins and pays you cash minus a percentage for the machine owner. So those of us in Southern California and around the country will want to keep your eyes open for some potentially expensive coins in your pocket change.

I'll be watching out for some of these:

1943 Copper penny, that's kind of a long shot, but who knows?

1972 Double Die

photo: NGC

@silverd510 found one of these in his pocket change not long back. Look at the 1972, pretty self explanatory error.

1922 Plain

photo: APMEX

In 1922 only the Denver mint made pennies, but some dies got the D filled in resulting in no mint mark on the pennies.

1955 Double Die

photo: NGC

Looking at the 1955, this one almost makes you feel like had too much to drink...

1909 S VDB

photo: thepennylady.com

Not many of this variety were produced.

Prices on all these vary by grade, but many go for thousands of dollars.

That's just to name a few, other rare coins are possible too. Who knows what's in this stash? And since most people don't check their change these might end up around the country. They may visit LA and carry a valuable coin anywhere in the world so keep your eyes open, you might get lucky!

And my disclaimer: Gold and silver stacking can be a fun hobby but isn't for everyone. You can lose money. I'm not a financial advisor and this isn't financial advice, please always do your own research before spending your hard earned money.

References:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/family-discovers-roughly-1-million-copper-pennies-while-cleaning-out-los-angeles-home/ar-AA1ckNbJ