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NIA Launches Coin Melt Values

Posted Mar.29, 2010 under General

NIA is pleased to announce the launch of “Coin Melt Values”, a new NIA feature located at http://inflation.us/coins updated daily with the latest melt values of U.S. coins that are currently in circulation or were previously in circulation. The purpose of NIA’s new feature is to demonstrate how over time, inflation makes U.S. coins worth more than their denomination values.

Due to the massive monetary inflation by the Federal Reserve and the rise in the price of copper, the 1909-1982 U.S. one-cent penny is now worth $0.022402 or 224.02% of its denomination value. The U.S. five-cent nickel that is currently in circulation is now worth $0.057412 or 114.82% of its denomination value.

In December of 2009, NIA declared silver the best investment for the next decade. Our “Coin Melt Values” page shows how U.S. silver coins that circulated during the 1900s are now worth between 509.3% and 1,942.73% of their denomination values. NIA believes these silver coins will be useful for bartering if the U.S. were to experience hyperinflation.

NIA recently announced that due to the new healthcare bill and rising interest payments on our national debt, the U.S. could potentially experience an outbreak of hyperinflation by the year 2015.