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Gold/Mining/Energy : Silver prices

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From: paul ross	4/23/2006 6:52:59 AM
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Some of us are old enough to remember after 1964 in the US the govt stopped minting coins with 90% silver due to rising silver prices. Shortly thereafter all pre 1965 silver coins began to disappear from circulation. According to the NY Times this could happen to the US penny: "This week the cost of the metals in a penny rose above 0.8 cents, more than twice the value of last fall. Because the government spends at least another six-tenths of a cent — above and beyond the cost of the metal — to make each penny, it will lose nearly half a cent on each new one it mints. The real problem could come if metals prices rise so high that it would be economical to melt down pennies for the metals they contain... Appearances aside, pennies no longer contain much copper. In the middle of 1982, after copper prices rose to record levels, the mint starting making pennies that consist mostly of zinc, with just a thin copper coating. But these days, zinc is newly popular. Rising industrial demand and speculation have sent the price rocketing. Since the end of 2003, zinc prices have tripled. Gold, by contrast, is up only about 50 percent." articles.news.aol.com It's time to start cashing in those worthless dollars and start saving pennies!

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