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The way it's supposed to work is you then fall back on the intrinsic value of the copper. That's the 'coin' part of what the 'Mint' does.


Nah, as soon as inflation makes it profitable to melt coins, they make melting coins illegal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_(United_States_coin)#Num...


Older US pennies (pre-1982) have copper worth much more than 1 cent now, newer ones are basically zinc.

On the flip side, a US mint $50 piece is actually well over $2000 of gold [https://catalog.usmint.gov/american-eagle-2021-one-ounce-gol...]

The imprimature of the US mint is what makes these coins now.


And where do I get a coin made of copper?




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