Is This Going Just A Bit Overboard?

Also in that guys video, he's mentioned that he's found quite a few rare coins such as Indian Head cents and wheat cents (one of which was a 1914 D, which I understand is worth at least $100), but he told me via Facebook that he actually sells his wheats and Indian head pennies just to buy more copper pennies. That, to me, is foolish since wheats and Indian Heads are worth a lot more in numismatic value than in melt value.