First, to see the novelty coin being made...cool Second, to hear the Associate Director of Numismatics at the U.S. Mint say this is A-OK
This would be the perfect video to show the few people here on Cointalk who keep finding these novelty coins or half of the novelty coin and keep thinking they are error coins!
Okay, since I "own my coins" as the Associate Director of Numismatics at the U.S. Mint says, I'll get to work melting down all those pre-82 Lincoln cents into ingots for resale as scrap.
By a quorum of Coin Talk community members' vote, it has been determined that you, Dean, will be the guinea pig. Make sure you video your smelting operations and upload it all on Youtube for everyone to see. Oh, and you have to invite law enforcement to watch... Thanks.
Hay wait I'm 71 and don't give 2 cents. Let me think about this. Can I be put in a nice warm place NOT in NYS.