February 18, 2005/2015 day to celebrate?

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February 18, 2005/2015 day to celebrate?

Postby coppernickel » Mon Nov 17, 2014 11:37 am

Looking through Coinflation's Archives I found two articles of interest.

February 18, 2005 the copper closed the day with the cent being higher than face value.

http://www.coinflation.com/greshams_law.html

"For example, copper settled at $1.5126/lb on Friday, February 18. Using the calculations below, the pre-1982 cent that weighs 3.11 grams and a metal composition of 95.0% copper/5.0% zinc has a metal value of $0.01006437 (roughly 100.64% its denomination value)."

October 8, 2004 copper touched being higher than face value of the cent.

http://www.coinflation.com/10092004.html

"Mark today's date on your calendar. The base metal value of the pre-1982 copper cent has surpassed its purchasing power. Copper closed at 1.4875/lb making the 3.11 gram copper cent worth $0.01003."


Ten years worth of inflation and see what we have become. Any ideas on how we should celebrate, commemorate, commiserate?
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Re: February 18, 2005/2015 day to celebrate?

Postby Shazbot57 » Mon Nov 17, 2014 1:08 pm

coppernickel wrote:Looking through Coinflation's Archives I found two articles of interest.

February 18, 2005 the copper closed the day with the cent being higher than face value.

http://www.coinflation.com/greshams_law.html

"For example, copper settled at $1.5126/lb on Friday, February 18. Using the calculations below, the pre-1982 cent that weighs 3.11 grams and a metal composition of 95.0% copper/5.0% zinc has a metal value of $0.01006437 (roughly 100.64% its denomination value)."

October 8, 2004 copper touched being higher than face value of the cent.

http://www.coinflation.com/10092004.html

"Mark today's date on your calendar. The base metal value of the pre-1982 copper cent has surpassed its purchasing power. Copper closed at 1.4875/lb making the 3.11 gram copper cent worth $0.01003."


Ten years worth of inflation and see what we have become. Any ideas on how we should celebrate, commemorate, commiserate?


Just two articles?! You need to look harder! :lol: All kidding aside, I plan to celebrate/commemorate by stacking higher, wider & deeper! :thumbup: Long term perspective is usually the best perspective! Thanks for sharing! Good posting!
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Re: February 18, 2005/2015 day to celebrate?

Postby Recyclersteve » Tue Nov 18, 2014 12:06 am

I'm also curious about the anniversary (3 year) of the last mintage of the Canadian penny. The anniversary will be May 4, 2015.
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Re: February 18, 2005/2015 day to celebrate?

Postby coppernickel » Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:52 pm

Shazbot57 wrote: I plan to celebrate/commemorate by stacking higher, wider & deeper! :thumbup: Long term perspective is usually the best perspective! Thanks for sharing! Good posting!



Sounds like the best plan to me. :clap:
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