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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-21-06 05:52 PM
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Poll question: True or false: It costs more than a nickel to make a nickel piece.
No googling, y'all!

Poll result (12 votes)
True (7 votes, 58%)Vote
False (5 votes, 42%)Vote
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  - I'm going to say true without googling. What do win if I'm right?  thepurpose   Aug-21-06 05:53 PM   #1 
  - I'm waiting until the material is worth more than the coin.  Bornaginhooligan   Aug-21-06 05:55 PM   #2 
  - It costs 1.42 cents to make one penny because of the  IChing   Aug-21-06 05:56 PM   #3 
 
thepurpose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-21-06 05:53 PM
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1. I'm going to say true without googling. What do win if I'm right?
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-21-06 05:55 PM
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2. I'm waiting until the material is worth more than the coin.
Edited on Mon Aug-21-06 05:55 PM by Bornaginhooligan
Then I'll buy nickels in bulk and sell them for scrap.

Muhahahahahahaha!
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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-21-06 05:56 PM
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3. It costs 1.42 cents to make one penny because of the
amount of zinc in the penny with today's price of zinc, I did an OP on this this spring.
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