hoarding

What's the scoop on collecting pennies, nickels as a hedge for if/when the economy collapses? I've heard copper pennies are worth much more than one cent. Nickels melt value is 4.7 cents. Anyone (else) hording these coins as a sort of poor-mans insurance policy? Looked for this discussion: If...

Hello there :unhappysmiley:. I'm new to this forum; I ended up here because of my google quest to learn how to make an automatic copper penny sorter. I've tracked down this post which lead me on the right path...

I decided to give it a shot, started with $25 in pennies, $10 in nickels, $20 in dimes, $30 in halves. Didn't find any silvers :( kinda what I expected. I did find 8 wheaties 1926-1955, 3 Canadian pennies, a Panama p penny, a mexican 20 cent. Also saved about $7 in copper pennies, Yes I'm a...