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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2152933, member: 27832&quot;]As another poster here frequently points out, the commodity price of copper is for &quot;Grade A&quot; purity metal; cents are lower-grade, and impose additional refining costs.</p><p><br /></p><p>But let&#039;s ignore that for a moment. Suppose we have hyperinflation, the dollar collapses, whatever. A hundred pounds of copper cents will <i>retain their value</i> -- of approximately 150 &quot;pre-collapse&quot; dollars. They might be worth ten million hyperinflated dollars, but you&#039;ll still need a wheelbarrow to haul in enough cents to pay for your groceries.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hoarding cents is relatively harmless as hoarding disorders go; they won&#039;t rot (at least not the copper ones), they won&#039;t burn, and while they certainly <i>can</i> crush you to death, boxes of them stack a little more stably than newspapers or clothing. But they aren&#039;t going to bring you wealth in the post-apocalyptic wasteland.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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