[s-cars] [urq] NAC, thoughts on copper prices

[Mark Strangways]

I have been told (for what that's worth) that pennies have not been made of 
that much copper for many more years than that.
Where did you find that data.

But if it's true... I feel a nice bonfire waiting... :-)
And YES I do believe it's illegal to melt money, if you get caught.

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brady Moffatt" <brady at regal-mtl.com>
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Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] [urq] NAC, thoughts on copper prices


> Apparently, pre-1997 Canadian pennies were 87 or 98% copper and weighed
> 2.5G, so 182 pennies per pound.
>
> Cheers,
> Brady
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: djdawson2 at aol.com [mailto:djdawson2 at aol.com]
>
> OK... one person to sort out the '82 and earlier pennies... one to melt 
> 'em
> down.  Still sounds like fun to me...lol.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Strangways <Strangconst at rogers.com>
>
> Ahh Dave.
>
> Pennies have not (at least in Canada) been made with 100% copper in years.
> Funny, I JUST took a 5 gallon pail of old copper fittings and scrap pipe 
> to
> the recyclers here.
> $185 bucks. We only get $2.80 a pound here.
>
> Looks like I will be taking the next load to Buffalo :-)
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