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<p>[QUOTE="10gary22, post: 1329343, member: 23626"]I hear you ! But even today, silver coins still are smelted. I mean, every year there's a bunch of them lost forever. Realizing that many probably are not collectible, I expect that their scarcity only increases. Since people usually start collecting what is in circulation, it might not matter so much. But every collector it seems has cents. Even those who no longer collect wheaties, collect Memorials. Maybe the 59-82 bunch will be harder to find.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the coin show at the Imperial Palace last weekend, I picked up some hole fillers for another Wheat set. That junk in the bargain boxes sold for 25c & 50c apiece. Junk silver coins are going for 24x. So those older wheats were selling for more than silver. Now, that isn't in bulk for the copper, but remove some forever and I think prices will rise. Maybe not a lot, but news reports show there is heavy investment in hoarding copper. Propbably depends a lot on how Chinese manufacturing bounces back and just how much copper is needed for industry.</p><p><br /></p><p>However it would go, I still pull every one I find. Boxes make good door stops.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="10gary22, post: 1329343, member: 23626"]I hear you ! But even today, silver coins still are smelted. I mean, every year there's a bunch of them lost forever. Realizing that many probably are not collectible, I expect that their scarcity only increases. Since people usually start collecting what is in circulation, it might not matter so much. But every collector it seems has cents. Even those who no longer collect wheaties, collect Memorials. Maybe the 59-82 bunch will be harder to find. At the coin show at the Imperial Palace last weekend, I picked up some hole fillers for another Wheat set. That junk in the bargain boxes sold for 25c & 50c apiece. Junk silver coins are going for 24x. So those older wheats were selling for more than silver. Now, that isn't in bulk for the copper, but remove some forever and I think prices will rise. Maybe not a lot, but news reports show there is heavy investment in hoarding copper. Propbably depends a lot on how Chinese manufacturing bounces back and just how much copper is needed for industry. However it would go, I still pull every one I find. Boxes make good door stops.[/QUOTE]
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