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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael K, post: 2484985, member: 78298&quot;]Disagree about the zinc instantly being melted down.</p><p>Are you going to buy $10,000 worth of pennies, in order to make a $30 profit?</p><p>Besides the time spent, the gas money, etc, the smelter still has to make a profit and charge ( 5,6,7% whatever). It won&#039;t be profitable to melt zinc, probably in our lifetime.</p><p>I do agree that the penny should be discontinued. There are probably a trillion cents in circulation ( someone will do a count I am sure) and that is enough to&nbsp; last many years before we need to round up or down to the nearest nickel.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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