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<p>[QUOTE="CoinKeeper, post: 1074769, member: 16707"]"Each one of those tiny tributes to Abraham Lincoln costs 1.62 cents to manufacture. In other words, if you had the proper equipment to melt pennies, the raw materials would bring a 62% return on your investment, minus costs — and ignoring the pesky little fact that melting legal tender is illegal."</p><p><br /></p><p>Wow, that's completely wrong. Manufacturing costs are 1.62 cents, that doesn't mean there is 1.62 cents worth of metal in modern cents. How could this article even be published?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CoinKeeper, post: 1074769, member: 16707"]"Each one of those tiny tributes to Abraham Lincoln costs 1.62 cents to manufacture. In other words, if you had the proper equipment to melt pennies, the raw materials would bring a 62% return on your investment, minus costs — and ignoring the pesky little fact that melting legal tender is illegal." Wow, that's completely wrong. Manufacturing costs are 1.62 cents, that doesn't mean there is 1.62 cents worth of metal in modern cents. How could this article even be published?[/QUOTE]
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