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I recall there being people who hoard buckets of copper pennies for this exact purpose. You can't melt them down unless it's for an educational purpose, so they
by Neywiny 1y ago
I recall there being people who hoard buckets of copper pennies for this exact purpose. You can't melt them down unless it's for an educational purpose, so they have buckets and buckets waiting for the law to "change" (pun intended).
- rufus_foreman 1y ago>> You can't melt them down unless it's for an educational purpose To educate people about the strength and resiliency of markets.
- kelseyfrog 1y ago> You can't melt them down Sure you can, you just have to find an unscrupulous copper merchant to sell it to. Not a difficult task - they've been around for thousands of years.
- dehugger 1y agoThe oldest recorded profession?
- defrost 1y agoand North American (possibly) also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Copper_complex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Copper_complex I'd expected older sites elsewhere, but apparently parts of that complex predate copper workings elsewhere (and the Bronze Age (copper and tin metalworking)).