[TylerE]

Coins are a weird one because I don’t think any of the ones in common circulation are worth significantly more than melt value.

[EdwardDiego]

Yeah, but then look at all the oddities that occurred when they were made of precious metals, and the resulting economic impacts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_coin_debasement

https://www.goldavenue.com/en/blog/newsletter-precious-metal...

https://page-one.springer.com/pdf/preview/10.1057/9780230118...