There is a website http://web.archive.org and you can use to to view what websites looked like when they first came on the internet.
Web archive, Archived coinflation.com starting from August 20, 2004, Look at how much metal prices have changed over the last 7 years.
http://web.archive.org/web/200408211911 ... ation.com/
Highlights.
On August 20, 2004
the copper penny metal value was worth $0.00864
the common nickel metal value was only worth $0.02787
and silver was at $6.85/oz and even zinc was worth less than half of what it is today.
Please share your Favorited coin/metal price sites that the web archive has on file going back even more.
What was a the metal value of a nickel worth 10 years ago?