24 Jun
2004
24 Jun
'04
7:02 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Allain" <allain(a)panix.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: MIT Swapfest (was: DEC at MIT)
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).
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/