Good inflation story but..... MELT value. The meme is retarded because the coin dates conflate the issue. The artist should have used 5 OTHER coins, these 5 : 1963 1962 1960 1959 and 1958. the 1921 confuses the issue. These 5 coins have the SAME melt value in silver weight and percent : **1963 , 1962 , 1960, 1959 and 1958**. From 1916 to 1964 US Quarters are 6.25 grams total and 90% silver and 10% copper. The silver value and the copper value are added together in melt value. The price April 27 2021 for a TROY OUNCE of silver (different form american ounce) is $26.40 https://www.kitco.com/charts/livesilver.html **$26.40 for a silver ounce!** ===== or $0.84717 per gram high for today. (0.84717 * .90) * 6.25 = 4.76533125 for SILVER part of ONE old quarter (ignoring copper part, which has value too) https://www.google.com/search?q=%280.84717+*+.90%29+*+6.25 = $4.76533125 FIVE quarters are $4.76533125 * 5 = $23.82665625 for silver part alone **to get from 23.82665625 to past $23.84 in meme we have to now add COPPER part** **US DOLLAR COLLAPSED today vs, Copper! $9,898.25 alltime metric ton high:** https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/copper-price?op=1 $9.89825 USD per kilogram , 0.00989825 per gram copper April 27 2021 Copper in old pre 1964 quarter ? 10% (0.00989825 * 0.10) * 6.25 = $0.00618640625 copper in ONE quarter. Five quarters copper is (0.00618640625 * 5) = $ 0.03093203125, or three cents of copper total VALUE of melting 5 old 1963 quarters today is $23.82665625 for silver part plus $ 0.03093203125 for copper , totalling.... **$23.8575882812 USD at peak today** ========