"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
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On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 07:49:54 GMT, mark
wrote:

Could a person melt brass or bronze

Go with bronze ("copper" loose change is good, but sort it with a magnet
first) Brass has the problem of zinc boil-off, which is significant for
small loadings.

Not with US coinage. Early pennies are copper/zinc alloy, and newer
pennies are copper plated zinc. The balance of our coins are either
nickel/copper alloy, or nickel copper sandwiched. There are no bronze coins
made in the US.

Harold