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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 126996, member: 112"]Yeah, it's not hard to do. Just take the weight of the coin 3.11 grams x .95 = 2.9545 grams of pure copper. Determine the spot price for copper, do the rest of the math and you have an answer.</p><p><br /></p><p>On a side note, what many have been missing is that even the current cent now cost the mint 1.4 cents to make. You see zinc has increased in value far faster than any of the precious metals. It has gone up in price 300% since 2003.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 126996, member: 112"]Yeah, it's not hard to do. Just take the weight of the coin 3.11 grams x .95 = 2.9545 grams of pure copper. Determine the spot price for copper, do the rest of the math and you have an answer. On a side note, what many have been missing is that even the current cent now cost the mint 1.4 cents to make. You see zinc has increased in value far faster than any of the precious metals. It has gone up in price 300% since 2003.[/QUOTE]
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