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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1620614, member: 27832&quot;]Problem is, if you spent $100 today on copper <i>rounds</i>, you wouldn&#039;t get 30 pounds, but closer to 30 <i>ounces</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;d get more copper for your buck by saving your quarters and dimes -- their metal content (combined copper and nickel) is worth about 20% of face value. That&#039;s better than the 10% you&#039;d typically get buying copper rounds. (Of course, the <i>real</i> play is in nickels, which already contain slightly more than five cents worth of metal.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand that there are people laying in tons of nickels. I am not one of those people. However, I do save those I get in change, in my role as Gresham&#039;s Law enforcement officer -- if I can spend two nickels with a metal value of 10.3 cents, or a dime with a metal value of 2 cents, I know which I&#039;m spending and which I&#039;m keeping.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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