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No. At the moment the price of copper is US$7,230 per metric tonne. The price of silver is about US$28.10 per Troy ounce, which is US$899,000 per metric tonne. Silver is about 124 times the price of copper.
The average price per troy ounce of gold in 1865 was $18.93
As of May 24 2011 the melt value of a 1964 quarter is $6.47. This price will change as the price of silver and copper changes. This answer is based upon silver at a spot price of %35.77 per oz and copper at $4 per pound.
All circulation-strike quarters dated 1965 and later are made of copper-nickel, not silver. There are no major varieties among 1969 quarters, so anything that you find in change will only be worth 25¢. The last year for silver quarters was 1964. Those are worth at least 0.18 times the current price of silver per troy ounce.
Average price per ounce of gold in 1950 was $40.25
The average price for a barrel of crude oil in 2003 was $27.56
The average price for a barrel of crude oil in 2000 was $27.39
The price of crude oil in 1982 varied:High: $30.80 per barrel in JanuaryLow: $27.64 per barrel in April
About $19.25 per barrel (equal to about $29.73 per barrel in 2010).
The closest to $32.00 per barrel was in 1982; the price of a barrel of oil was $31.83.
$32 a barrel
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In December 2009, the price of crude oil was $70.53 per barrel.
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In today's dollars (2010) it was about $50.00 per barrel. In 1978 it was about $14.95 per barrel.
The price of a barrel of crude oil reached its highest 2008 price in the month of July when it hit $128.08 per barrel.
$79.32 per barrel in October 2007.