Pre-1982 pennies are worth 2.41 cents if you melt them down for the copper. But now even the zinc in post-1982 pennies are starting to rise. A post-1982 penny is worth a little more than half a cent. 100 of those pennies are worth 58 cents in melt value...soon the zinc will cost more than the penny and we will have plastic pennies! http://coinflation.com/
I didn't realize you were so sensitive but I will compliment you on your knowledge of applying the emoticons to threads. The toothy-grin emoticon is the best I can do.