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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SilverSurfer, post: 843192, member: 21603&quot;]The talk of copper not being bullion is weird.&nbsp; The copper penny weighed 3.11 grams.&nbsp; 10 pennies would weight 31.1 grams...exactly a troy ounce.&nbsp; If copper isn&#039;t bullion, when why is it weighted in a bullion like manner?</p><p><br /></p><p>The lack of foresight of some people troubles me.&nbsp; If people think the penny will keep going on year after year after year when it cost the mint more money to make them then what they are worth, that&#039;s pretty poor foresight.&nbsp; It isn&#039;t if, but when the mint decides to stop making pennies as we know them, the price probably won&#039;t change much.&nbsp; Melting them will still be illegal, and there are so many that they won&#039;t leave circulation for decades.&nbsp; But, what happens after those decades are over and pennies are a rarity as the Fed itself isn&#039;t subjected to the melting law.&nbsp; The mint could make dimes out of the copper that is in those pennies...a clear indication of inflation.&nbsp; As the pennies become more and more scarce,&nbsp; people will treasure the penny, maybe as a curiosity of the past century.&nbsp; Will you or I benefit from these copper cents?&nbsp; Probably not.&nbsp; But are we so selfish to spend them now, when they&#039;d bring some nice cash to our great great grandchildren?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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