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Default brass vs bronze for making a punch

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:35:47 -0400, Leon Fisk
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On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 08:44:12 +0700
John B. wrote:

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Interestingly he tried a number of alloys for his counterfeit quarters
and the Coke Machine rejected them all :-)


Mid 70's... one of my fellow shop class students figured out that he
could re-size pennies using the 1 inch vertical belt sander. Schools
vending machines took them as dimes. He was caught a short time later
working at the belt sander


Imagine doing time in a federal prison for counterfeiting dimes. g

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