[blam]

"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.

[Marie Antoinette]

Ping for coinage. :)