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<p>[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 4694848, member: 81887"]They sell them for so much because other people will pay that much money. Now, if you want to know why people _buy_ them when it's illegal to melt them down... I guess they're hoping the law will be changed one day and they can make a big profit. (Though copper Lincolns are only 95% copper, much less than the nearly pure metal used in industry, so any profit is likely to be eaten up by the cost of refining to the proper purity.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 4694848, member: 81887"]They sell them for so much because other people will pay that much money. Now, if you want to know why people _buy_ them when it's illegal to melt them down... I guess they're hoping the law will be changed one day and they can make a big profit. (Though copper Lincolns are only 95% copper, much less than the nearly pure metal used in industry, so any profit is likely to be eaten up by the cost of refining to the proper purity.)[/QUOTE]
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