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[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

It's not even .9 troy ounces of silver. Quarters made before 1965 are 90% silver but the amount of silver is only .18 troy ounces which is worth approximately $4.10 USD keeping in mind that melting US currency is not legal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

so are telling me all those places that have the penny melters are doing illegal work?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Penny melters? The penny crushing machines?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

i guess yeah, applying an incedible amount of pressure to deform the penny (which inherently also increases temperature)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Makes sense why they always come out warm. Also, if it's illegal to destroy currency, how do they get away with it? Is it just cause they're pennies?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I was just about to chime in when I saw the fucking quarter. How do you get to be so bad at being a sov cit that you don’t even know how “real” money (silver and gold) works?