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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 1099124, member: 68&quot;]They don&#039;t need to be separated and it&#039;s far too expensive to do it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>They will be used&nbsp; for alloy in making products that require both copper and nickel such as stainless steel.&nbsp; There are no transportion or melting costs either since something has to be used and it may as well be nickels.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But people don&#039;t have an electric furnace in their backyards cranking out stainless by the ton so there&#039;s no need to police or prosecute sine no one&#039;s going to do it.&nbsp; Pennies are another matter and there are small scale melters.&nbsp; If they get caught then they&#039;re up the creek but the government is unlikely to worry about someone making a 80 pound bronze sculpture unless they want to make a case for show; make an example of someone. No one cares about the zinc and they&#039;re cheaper than washers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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