One thing to remember about the cost of purchase related to the cost of repair.
What was the cost of a gallon of regular in 1969 compared to today? How about a house then and one now?
Pretty soon we will all be millionaires and a hamburger with mustard/onions and a coke will be $9750.00 PLUS tax.
It is all relative.
That bodes well for the approximately 750 pounds of copper pennies I’ve culled out over the years...