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Message:: [QUOTE="littlehugger, post: 2278122, member: 58633"]Long ago, when dinosaurs ruled the earth, (and tasted just like chicken, which is why they are extinct) I tried pressure welding a couple Lincoln cents together in my dads vise. They were both copper, as it was well before anyone even thought about zinc. I used a hammer, to get it as tight as possible. All I managed to do was mangle the cents and damage my dads vise threads. Laugh if you will, but you could buy things for 2 cents then, like penny candy. All I succeeded in doing was ruining both their collecting and spending value. Nowadays you could throw them in with your "junk" copper to sell as scrap metal. Maybe you could buy a penny rolling machine, or use an old fashioned hand mold and hammer like the Romans?[/QUOTE]