"Oren" wrote in message
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On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:15:55 -0500, Metspitzer
wrote:

Yes I did know it cost more.

They should stop making them.

Collect Wheat Pennies

I have metal detected for nearly thirty years now. The new pennies will
degrade in the ground in a year or so. The old copper ones last decades,
and will degrade, but only in acetic or basic soils. In neutral soils, they
will stay good for a very long time. Silver and gold, too.

Steve