Should You Melt Down Pennies for Profit? Not U.S. Pennies, But...
A penny, on its face, is worth one cent. But melted down for the copper it contains, it could be worth quite a bit more. So why not mine our piggy banks for metal?
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Canada Kills the Penny and Saves Millions: Why the U.S. Should Too
Metal costs have soared so high that it now costs significantly more for the U.S. Mint to produce a penny than the coins themselves are worth. That's why Canada just stopped making pennies. We should too.
Slackening Copper Demand in China Hurts Commodities Investors
Many small investors have recently piled into commodities, especially copper, on the assumption that ever-growing demand from developing countries would keep sending prices skyward. Now they are learning a drop in demand is also possible, and prices have been plummeting.
