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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gatzdon, post: 345753, member: 8247&quot;]Aluminum costs more than zinc per pound, but I don&#039;t know if it would bring the cost of a penny down to under 1¢ due to it&#039;s low density.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now here is another alternative.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For 20+ years, there are companies that have perfected techniques for electroplating copper onto plastic and other non-metalic materials.&nbsp; They could start using a durable polymer and copper plate it so it looks the same as a penny.&nbsp; Of course now it would be more like making buttons than it would be like making coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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