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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coleguy, post: 1321826, member: 9167&quot;]Even if they lifted the melt ban on copper cents, I believe a person would actually lose money by taking them to a refiner. Cents are not pure copper. They are alloyed with tin and zinc. That means there are additional steps required to refine the metal. That means it costs the refiner more to obtain pure copper from your cents you just dropped off. So, in order for the refiner to make a profit he&#039;s buying well below spot so he can sell close to spot, which probably means you aren&#039;t even getting a cent for each cent. In the long run, it&#039;s far cheaper to process and refine raw copper from ore than it is to process copper from cents. Hoarding in the hopes of turning a profit is a waste of time, in my opinion. </p><p>Guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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