Double Your Money Selling Old Pennies by the Pound

Date: Dec 05 2012

Filed under: Currency, Commodities

PenniesBenjamin Franklin once said that a penny saved is a penny earned. Save the right penny, though, and it’s worth more.

Take a look on eBay (EBAY) and you’ll find hundreds of listings for auctions selling pennies. Yet despite the huge number of coin collectors who use the auction site to buy and sell collector-grade coins, most of the auctions you’ll find aren’t about quality. Instead, an increasing number of people are trading dull, well-worn 30-year-old pennies by the pound.

The reason? Their…

Double Your Money Selling Old Pennies by the Pound originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-12-05T06:00:00Z.

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