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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BooksB4Coins, post: 2668451, member: 36230&quot;]Of course the &quot;intrinsic&quot; value of a copper cent is greater than that of a paper note, but isn&#039;t the point here, is it? All this is nothing more than another new member spewing misleading and potentially damaging BS (opps.. &quot;Bovine feces&quot; for [USER=27832]@-jeffB[/USER])&nbsp; Unlike you, some of us have a spine and actually care about those coming here for solid advice. This general hobby as a whole already suffers greatly from misinformation along with those more than willing to screw the next guy, to the detriment of everyone else involved, in order to make a buck, so why make it worse?</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, since all you have to back this crap up is claims of refiners paying straight copper spot for melted cents (either the result of incompetence or more likely BS), let me share a little something with you. First, one can build in their basement, for maybe a couple hundred bucks tops (possibly less), a heat treating oven fully capable of melting cents. Once melted into globs or homemade bars, no one for a fact knows they started life as coins, so why aren&#039;t more doing this (then or now)? I&#039;ll give you a hint; it&#039;s because of the alloy, and to a lesser extent the fact that people aren&#039;t idiots. When someone walks into said refiner with homemade &quot;brass&quot; or &quot;95%&quot; globs/bars, they know where it&#039;s comes from, but if there was money to be made, many would still buy. They don&#039;t and for one simple reason - can you guess what that is?</p><p><br /></p><p>I personally know a gentleman who has been very successful in this business, and we&#039;ve talked many times at length about this very thing. He&#039;s openly stated that if the opportunity was there, he would do it himself considering the relatively low cost of equipment necessary to separate wheat from the chaff, but doesn&#039;t. Again, want to guess why?</p><p><br /></p><p>You can do whatever floats your little boat, but again this isn&#039;t about you. This hobby and forum are already filled with idiots looking for an easy buck, so please, don&#039;t contribute to the problem.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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