in ~2009 or so -- right after the housing crash -- i remember reading about people who were collecting all-copper pennies and storing them in anticipation of wh

in ~2009 or so -- right after the housing crash -- i remember reading about people who were collecting all-copper pennies and storing them in anticipation of when the penny becomes deprecated and the metal becomes salable. Guess they're in for the long haul, but the photos of $20k in pennies were something to see!