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2. Should You Melt Down Pennies for Profit? Not U.S. Pennies ...

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   A penny, on its face, is worth one cent. $0.01 U.S. dollars. On the other hand, that same penny -- if melted down for the copper it contains -- could be worth quite a bit more.

3. Penny debate in the United States - Wikipedia

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   According to American law, US citizens are allowed to melt foreign coinage (e.g., Canadian pennies) for personal or commercial use; however, by doing so they are usually violating the laws of the country that issued the coinage in question. [49]

4. Gresham's law - Wikipedia

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   If "good" coins have a face value below that of their metallic content, individuals may be motivated to melt them down and sell the metal for its higher intrinsic value, even if such destruction is illegal. The 1965 United States half-dollar coins contained 40% silver; in previous years these coins were 90% silver (.900, or one nine fine). With ...

5. Nickel (United States coin) - Wikipedia

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   A nickel is a five-cent coin struck by the United States Mint.Composed of cupronickel (75% copper and 25% nickel), the piece has been issued since 1866.Its diameter is 0.835 inches (21.21 mm) and its thickness is 0.077 inches (1.95 mm).

6. Coinage Act of 1965 - Wikipedia

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   Section 9 of the Gold Standard Act of 1900 had required the Treasury Secretary to melt silver coins that were worn or no longer current, and restrike them into new ones; this was repealed by section 203 and the secretary was given authority to withdraw and melt all worn or uncurrent coins without needing to reuse the metal in coinage. [66]

7. Samuel Kirk (silversmith) - Wikipedia

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   Between 1815 and 1886, Only COIN silver was produced by the firm. It was illegal to melt US Coins, so the firm imported Foreign coins to melt into wares. French coins with a purity of 11/12 parts silver and marked 11 OZ are 91.6% silver. Spanish coins with a purity of 10.15/12 parts silver are marked 10.15 and have a purity of 84.6% silver. S.

8. Coins of the United States dollar - Wikipedia

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   Silver: America the Beautiful silver bullion coins: 25¢ See article: America the Beautiful quarters: 76.2 mm 999 fine 5.00 ozt (155.52 g) 2010–2021 American Silver Eagle: $1 40.6 mm 1.00 ozt (31.10 g) 1986–2021 2021 – present Gold: American Gold Eagle: $5 16.5 mm 916 fine (22 karat) 0.10 ozt (3.11 g) 1986–2021 2021 – present $10 22.0 mm

9. Penny (United States coin) - Wikipedia

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   The penny, also known as the cent, is a coin in the United States representing one-hundredth of a dollar.It has been the lowest face-value physical unit of U.S. currency since the abolition of the half-cent in 1857 (the abstract mill, which has never been minted, equal to a tenth of a cent, continues to see limited use in the fields of taxation and finance).