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

[Brady Moffatt]

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 :-)