In article ws.net,
Doctor Drivel wrote:
The older coins had more copper and in the 1960/1970/80s during a copper
price hype, a company was gathering all the old pennies and melting them
down. It was very profitable. They bought the pennies of course.

Makes no difference how they acquired them - it's illegal.

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*I was once a millionaire but my mom gave away my baseball cards

Dave Plowman London SW
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