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<p>[QUOTE="rockyyaknow, post: 1644444, member: 41338"]IMO these clad coins will not be worth saving for bullion value. Silver and gold have always been precious metals which is why they will always be a good investment. Copper, nickel and zinc are not precious metals and never have been so they would not have the same increase in value like silver and gold. </p><p><br /></p><p>Its just my opinion, but I think it is crazy that people hoard Nickels for thei bullion value. Each Nickel in melt current is worth about .055 cents a coin. Not a good ROI. Copper pennies on the other hand at least are worth over 2x their face already making it a decent investment. The space and the gas money driving to the banks back and forth kills the .005 profit for each Nickel hoarded.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you go to coinflation.com a clad coin has about 20% in melt value under the face value of the coin. It is going to take many many years and a lot of inflation to make that an investment if any.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rockyyaknow, post: 1644444, member: 41338"]IMO these clad coins will not be worth saving for bullion value. Silver and gold have always been precious metals which is why they will always be a good investment. Copper, nickel and zinc are not precious metals and never have been so they would not have the same increase in value like silver and gold. Its just my opinion, but I think it is crazy that people hoard Nickels for thei bullion value. Each Nickel in melt current is worth about .055 cents a coin. Not a good ROI. Copper pennies on the other hand at least are worth over 2x their face already making it a decent investment. The space and the gas money driving to the banks back and forth kills the .005 profit for each Nickel hoarded. If you go to coinflation.com a clad coin has about 20% in melt value under the face value of the coin. It is going to take many many years and a lot of inflation to make that an investment if any.[/QUOTE]
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