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<p>[QUOTE="TS10, post: 1726809, member: 47611"]Hello<a href="http://www.cointalk.com/member.php?u=29239" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/member.php?u=29239"><b>rascal</b></a>,</p><p><br /></p><p>I can imagine that the heating elements of a electric clothes dryer gets very hot, but you must remember that clothes will burn at a much lower temperature than brass. Just so everyone knows, a 'copper' penny that was minted until 1982 (not the mostly zinc ones) is brass, not bronze. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, while bronze is an alloy of copper and tin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am, at the moment after some much needed rest yesterday; preparing a post to explain many things. Some which may go against what is being written in regards to coins that are acid dipped, or tumbled in a clothes dryer. Please bear in mind that I am only doing this in the hopes of propagating truths and dispelling false beliefs, and like many who bring truths to those who are set in mind on their beliefs, I expect to receive negativity, resent, and disbelief. But I am able to deal with these things for it is worth the effort. Bear in mind that at one point, people believed our world was flat, and that the sun revolved around our earth, some even to the point of fighting and dying for those beliefs. But truth eventually won out and the world is better for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you all for your patience.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TS10, post: 1726809, member: 47611"]Hello[URL="http://www.cointalk.com/member.php?u=29239"][B]rascal[/B][/URL], I can imagine that the heating elements of a electric clothes dryer gets very hot, but you must remember that clothes will burn at a much lower temperature than brass. Just so everyone knows, a 'copper' penny that was minted until 1982 (not the mostly zinc ones) is brass, not bronze. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, while bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. I am, at the moment after some much needed rest yesterday; preparing a post to explain many things. Some which may go against what is being written in regards to coins that are acid dipped, or tumbled in a clothes dryer. Please bear in mind that I am only doing this in the hopes of propagating truths and dispelling false beliefs, and like many who bring truths to those who are set in mind on their beliefs, I expect to receive negativity, resent, and disbelief. But I am able to deal with these things for it is worth the effort. Bear in mind that at one point, people believed our world was flat, and that the sun revolved around our earth, some even to the point of fighting and dying for those beliefs. But truth eventually won out and the world is better for it. Thank you all for your patience.[/QUOTE]
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