After bribing my daughter to take her medicine, it occurred to me that I had no idea what the melt value of a common Jefferson Nickel was. I'm glad I checked.
Honestly it’s incredible. You can more than 5x the metal weight value you hold if you can find someone willing to trade you nickels for quarters at equal face
Remember Kyle “I just like nickels” bass ‘s play in 2011
I wish I could link you to the relevant zerohedge article but it has been archived
He’s not looking so crazy now
Honestly it’s incredible. You can more than 5x the metal weight value you hold if you can find someone willing to trade you nickels for quarters at equal face
With the life span of a coin being 50+ years, I’m not convinced the production cost vs. face value is the problem it’s made out to be.