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<p>[QUOTE="littlehugger, post: 2055120, member: 58633"]When I was a kid, coins were made of silver. It was amazing how quickly they disappeared when the silvers value slightly exceeded the coins denominational value. Nowadays, even though they made these in the billions, over decades, silver coins are worth many times their face value, even as only 90% silver.</p><p> In the future, the "New Silver" will be nickels and cents. Nickels are 75% copper, and cost the government more than face value to make. You can still find copper cents in change, which are worth more than face value in copper. But, cents are extremely popular to collect, and given their abundance, will remain so after they are no longer minted. So, even the zinc ones will remain collectible, especially the better looking examples. Those copper coated zinc things have all kinds of problems and 50 years or more from now, high grade ones will sell at a premium. Like Classic large cents.</p><p> Back then, if you had put away a large amount of pocket change, that you acquired at face value, you could sell it today for many times its face value. Today, you could easily put away a stash of nickels and cents acquired at face value, that your kids, or grandkids could sell for a couple dollars each.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="littlehugger, post: 2055120, member: 58633"]When I was a kid, coins were made of silver. It was amazing how quickly they disappeared when the silvers value slightly exceeded the coins denominational value. Nowadays, even though they made these in the billions, over decades, silver coins are worth many times their face value, even as only 90% silver. In the future, the "New Silver" will be nickels and cents. Nickels are 75% copper, and cost the government more than face value to make. You can still find copper cents in change, which are worth more than face value in copper. But, cents are extremely popular to collect, and given their abundance, will remain so after they are no longer minted. So, even the zinc ones will remain collectible, especially the better looking examples. Those copper coated zinc things have all kinds of problems and 50 years or more from now, high grade ones will sell at a premium. Like Classic large cents. Back then, if you had put away a large amount of pocket change, that you acquired at face value, you could sell it today for many times its face value. Today, you could easily put away a stash of nickels and cents acquired at face value, that your kids, or grandkids could sell for a couple dollars each.[/QUOTE]
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