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To: blam

True “copper going up” Did you know a nickel has more metal value than face value? (a nickel is 75% copper 25% nickel)

http://inflation.us/coins/

$0.066 or 6.6 cents!

And a pre 1982 penny is $0.027 almost 3 cents.

Don’t get millions but maybe have a few for when it is worth more than paper.


57 posted on 12/29/2010 1:41:02 PM PST by jafojeffsurf ( Return to the Constitution.)
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To: jafojeffsurf; Travis McGee
"True “copper going up” Did you know a nickel has more metal value than face value? (a nickel is 75% copper 25% nickel)"

Yes.

Thanks.

I have many thousands of nickels already due to FReeper Travis McGee's suggestion a couple years ago.

And, a big pile of scrap copper and aluminum out back.

In fact, I've made a rough calculation that 10 pre-1982 pennies are worth about 35 cents today. A Troy ounce of copper is worth about 35 cents too.

I was in the Loop Coin Shop about a month ago and they were selling 100 pre-1982 pennies in zip lock bags for $4.25 each bag.

58 posted on 12/29/2010 4:11:29 PM PST by blam
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