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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 370959, member: 112&quot;]While they did collect spent artillery shells and actually melt them down for the purpose of making cents - they never actually got around to doing it. No cents were ever minted from the metal recovered, for by the time the metal was recycled their normal sources for the copper were again available and that is what they used.</p><p><br /></p><p>You will find the story of making cents from artillery shells in many books. But you will only find the truth of the story in some obscure mint reports. But I will grant you, many folks thought the story true for decades.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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