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<p>[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 139015, member: 4552"]I've known metal collectors that do that for a living. They go through all the alleys, construction sites and pick up any metal of any kind. There are numerous places around here that are metal recyler plants and pay pretty good for some metals. However, you must remember that just how many pennies, cents, do you need to make it profitable. For instance everyone forgets the cost of just having a pile of coins worth a hair over face value laying around instead of collecting interest in a savings account. After a several yeasrs they will still be worth a little over a cent each. Then there is the cost of gasoline to run around trying to accumulate large amounts of pennies. Then there is the cost of transporting them to a metal recyling place which needs the accumulation of wear and tear on your vehical. Now while your collecting all those pennies, cents, someone in a country somewhere discovers a massive copper mine. Guess what happens to the value of your thousands of copper coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 139015, member: 4552"]I've known metal collectors that do that for a living. They go through all the alleys, construction sites and pick up any metal of any kind. There are numerous places around here that are metal recyler plants and pay pretty good for some metals. However, you must remember that just how many pennies, cents, do you need to make it profitable. For instance everyone forgets the cost of just having a pile of coins worth a hair over face value laying around instead of collecting interest in a savings account. After a several yeasrs they will still be worth a little over a cent each. Then there is the cost of gasoline to run around trying to accumulate large amounts of pennies. Then there is the cost of transporting them to a metal recyling place which needs the accumulation of wear and tear on your vehical. Now while your collecting all those pennies, cents, someone in a country somewhere discovers a massive copper mine. Guess what happens to the value of your thousands of copper coins.[/QUOTE]
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