silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoPennies Are Trash Now | The government has no plan for America’s 300 billion pennies.www.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square89linkfedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down140
arrow-up1180arrow-down1external-linkPennies Are Trash Now | The government has no plan for America’s 300 billion pennies.www.theatlantic.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square89linkfedilink
minus-squareTony Bark@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoWe could always go back to melting this shit.
minus-squareRamRabbit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoMelting a modern penny is actually kinda neat. The zinc on the inside melts first, which turns the whole thing into a blobby copper flask. Then at some point the copper rips and all the zinc pours out. You can do it with any small torch.
We could always go back to melting this shit.
Melting a modern penny is actually kinda neat. The zinc on the inside melts first, which turns the whole thing into a blobby copper flask. Then at some point the copper rips and all the zinc pours out.
You can do it with any small torch.