Texas Man Goes Full Metal: Investor Drops $250K on 5 Million Nickels to Hedge Inflation
In an era of digital everything, Texas investor and Opinion Casino newsletter operator Kyle Mitchell just made a decidedly analog move—buying 5 million U.S. nickels weighing 55,000 pounds and storing them in a vault to g...
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