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Vince: with you analysis I suspect buying back pennies would be far more costly than the value of the melted down copper. But the Treasury ought to stop making pennies and phase them out. Peter
Amen! Canada gave up on them years ago and its only made everyone's life easier.
What a great post Vince, and it led me back to your Wired excerpt from your book: The Ultra-Pure, Super-Secret Sand That Makes Your Phone Possible https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-science-of-ultra-pure-silicon/
Thanks Andy!
Vince: with you analysis I suspect buying back pennies would be far more costly than the value of the melted down copper. But the Treasury ought to stop making pennies and phase them out. Peter
Amen! Canada gave up on them years ago and its only made everyone's life easier.
What a great post Vince, and it led me back to your Wired excerpt from your book: The Ultra-Pure, Super-Secret Sand That Makes Your Phone Possible https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-science-of-ultra-pure-silicon/
Thanks Andy!