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minus-squareenthusiasm_headquarters@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·7 days agoJust wait till copper goes up in value a little bit. In the 00’s gangsters were melting pennies down by the ton for the small amount of copper in them. Wouldn’t call them “trash” exactly…
minus-squareTehWorld@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoSince 1982 Pennys are zinc with a thin (2.5%) copper cladding.
minus-squarebobgobbler@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoYou mean copper coated zinc. Which can’t be recycled, and already has about 5 cents of metal in them
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoThey’re not copper anymore
Just wait till copper goes up in value a little bit. In the 00’s gangsters were melting pennies down by the ton for the small amount of copper in them. Wouldn’t call them “trash” exactly…
Since 1982 Pennys are zinc with a thin (2.5%) copper cladding.
You mean copper coated zinc. Which can’t be recycled, and already has about 5 cents of metal in them
They’re not copper anymore