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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 165620, member: 112"]But guys - the metal scrap yards and recycle yards won't take the copper in the form of coins. There have been counteless articles in newspapers all over the country about it - they are afraid to take them because they believe it is illegal to melt US coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've said this before but I guess I'll say it again. Even the older copper cents are not worth 2.5 cents each. Yes, that is what an equal weight of pure copper cost someone who goes out to buy it - new. That does not mean that you can sell scrap copper for the same price.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 165620, member: 112"]But guys - the metal scrap yards and recycle yards won't take the copper in the form of coins. There have been counteless articles in newspapers all over the country about it - they are afraid to take them because they believe it is illegal to melt US coins. I've said this before but I guess I'll say it again. Even the older copper cents are not worth 2.5 cents each. Yes, that is what an equal weight of pure copper cost someone who goes out to buy it - new. That does not mean that you can sell scrap copper for the same price.[/QUOTE]
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