In the early ‘50s you could buy a gallon of gas for two silver dimes. Today you can still buy a gallon of gas for two silver dimes and get back change. If you take the change in copper pennies, you really make out.
With silver at $34.00 today am I correct in saying that one silver dime is worth $2.50?
That’s a great idea, but copper pennies are getting rare. I think I’ll ask for the change in nickels, which are also worth more than their face value. They have more copper in them than today’s pennies do, being made of 75% copper, 25% nickel.