----- Original Message -----
From: "John Allain" <allain_at_panix.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: MIT Swapfest (was: DEC at MIT)
> > If your a packrat and live to a ripe old
> > age your probably sitting on a goldmine.
>
> Sounds a little delusional.
> Years ago a friend of mine heard about the change of the pure
> copper penny to alloy so he made about a hundred rolls of them
> and sealed the rolls in custom made wood boxes of about 20
> pounds each. Then I showed him an article saying that the
> changeover had happened nearly two years earlier.
> massive OH S**T look on his face.
>
> John A.
> s/your/you're/
>
>
Well the people who hoarded silver coins before the 1964 changeover did
pretty well (extremely well if they dumped the coins during the 1979-80
period when it was $50 an ounce).
Received on Thu Jun 24 2004 - 14:02:33 BST