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Forget the legality (illegal to use coins to sell for scrap) - ignore it - this is SHTF.
If you have a bunch of coins, what could you use them for, besides coinage?
Pennies are zinc, plated with copper - an alloy for casting bullets?
Nickels are nickel and 25% nickel, 75% copper - a cupronickel steel alloy? Bullet jackets?
Dimes 92% copper, 8% nickel.
Quarters - up to 1964 they were 90% silver, 10% copper, then 92% copper, 8% nickel.
What could you do with these metals if you had a small foundry?
If you have a bunch of coins, what could you use them for, besides coinage?
Pennies are zinc, plated with copper - an alloy for casting bullets?
Nickels are nickel and 25% nickel, 75% copper - a cupronickel steel alloy? Bullet jackets?
Dimes 92% copper, 8% nickel.
Quarters - up to 1964 they were 90% silver, 10% copper, then 92% copper, 8% nickel.
What could you do with these metals if you had a small foundry?
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