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Pennies Are Trash Now (www.theatlantic.com)

submitted 5 days ago by rssbot@lemmy.bestiver.se to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se

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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

How about their worth in copper?

On that note, are they easy to recycle?

[–] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (3 children)

That would be great except they are made of zinc.

[–] shplane@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

That’s why I eat them to stave off my next cold. Just as good as Zicam!

[–] bjorney@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

The old ones are copper, not that sorting through a haystack of pennies trying to find the 3.5c needle is a productive use of time

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Melt it all down, let it seperate by mass, pour into molds. Energy consumed may not be worth it though.