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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jumpingrat, post: 108016, member: 4584&quot;]I believe that the spot metal prices are for pure alloy. Something like large gauge copper wiring would qualify, and thats why it is occasionally stolen. I would think that cents with their small amounts of other metals and almost no copper content after 1982 would make a chore of seperating and smelting. The amount of labor involved would probably factor the cost of producing the copper alloy out of cents below the face value of the coin. The cost at which it is economical to melt down coins into ingots is still higher that the present day price per pound. Lange goes over this in <u>The Complete Guide to Lincoln Cents</u>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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