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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JGAIN, post: 408888, member: 15346&quot;]I don&#039;t know where I am going with this but ...........</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We have not had any coins with any &quot;intrinsic value&quot; for over 20 years, the last is the 95% copper Lincoln Cent which since was replaced in 1982/3 by a copper &quot;plated&quot; cent and is basically and virtually worthless.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We all know (at least us old geezers) what happened when the market spot price of silver approached and surpassed the intrinsic value of our silver coins - shortly thereafter there were not many to be found in circulation or in change, if any at all.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We are now approaching the last of an era - our last US coin in circulation that has some &quot;value&quot;. (Unfortunately, the US Government has recently made it illegal to melt the &quot;Pennies&quot;.)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Some time back I think I calculated that at 3.11g and 95% copper it would take 130 ($1.30) of the cents to equal one full pound (troy) of pure copper. A quick check of the current price of copper will tell you that the current market price of copper is WAY over the value of this lowly cent - <u>several times over</u>!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Anyway, I have been &quot;hoarding&quot; these copper cents for some time now and have many POUNDS socked away. I have a future goal in mind - that is to see if there possibly will be a market for these last of the dinosaurs, a coin with &quot;value&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I plan to package them in &quot;one pound lots, 130) and see if there will be a market at coin shows and maybe sell in larger bulk lots to &quot;speculators&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Basically, it is free money, for all, (young, old and the beginning collector) if anything can be done with them and when the information gets out don&#039;t be surprised never to see them plentiful in circulation again as they are today!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Comments folks?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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