Forget gold, invest in pennies

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Can you believe a 32-ounce gold bar costs about $24,000?! I'm gonna put my money into the cubic foot of pennies.


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For only $491.12, you can get a cube of pennies 12 inches high, 12 inches wide, 12 inches deep. That's 307 pounds of pennies. Compare that against a mere 32 ounces. Pennies rule.