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 Penny prices pinched by rising cost of metal
Penny prices pinched by rising cost of metal
A penny, which consists of 97.5 percent zinc and 2.5 percent copper, cost 1.26 cents to make as of Tuesday. And a nickel -- 75 percent copper and the rest nickel -- cost 7.7 cents, based on current commodity prices, according to the Mint. picked by dollyllama 2 months ago
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 hmtksteve
2 months ago
So will this stem the falling value of American money?
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 jonorrhea
2 months ago
Better than the cost and life expectancy than that of our us dollar.
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 digitalgimpl...
2 months ago
At the ole labor hall i had to hell at some guys for plugging up a smelter in the lobby.... they were melting pennys to sell the metal to a scrap heap place.
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