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Isn’t it illegal to melt down US coinage for the metal content??


7 posted on 02/20/2011 11:59:51 AM PST by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: Uncle Ike

It’s illegal to melt down US coinage in the US.

Fill you dump truck up with nickels and drive to a Canadian scrapyard.


24 posted on 02/20/2011 12:18:02 PM PST by seowulf ("If you write a whole line of zeroes, it's still---nothing"...Kira Alexandrovna Argounova)
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To: Uncle Ike
Isn’t it illegal to melt down US coinage for the metal content??

Yes. But it won't matter. If the composition changes the old coins will be driven out of circulation and will become bullion. No need to melt them down.

31 posted on 02/20/2011 12:54:25 PM PST by Poison Pill
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