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| Subject: | Re: [TenTec] re Copper strap |
| From: | Travis Martin <tmartin198@cox.net> |
| Reply-to: | Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com> |
| Date: | Sun, 7 May 2006 16:06:38 -0500 |
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They beat you to it; pennies are now copper plated aluminum...dimes and
quarters are silver plated copper; maybe they'll have to change them to
aluminum too...
Travis On May 7, 2006, at 1:43 PM, Rob Atkinson, K5UJ wrote: It wasreported a few weeks ago that the cost of zinc and copper is high enough to make the content of a penny be worth almost more than 1 cent. That value is expected to be exceeded this year. When that happens the mint is goingto have to rework the coin content. |
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