Question: are copper pennies worth anything?
Answer: The Copper and Zinc in a Penny 5﻿ The price of copper on Dec. 10, 2019, was $2.75 a pound. 6﻿ That meant the copper in each penny was worth about 1.7 cents. Thus, the meltdown value of a pre-1982 penny was about 70% more than the face value.