Any one in the U.S help me

[jimbob005]

Hi all

Any one in the usa help me I'm wanting 20 x 1 cents 1984 to present I'm wanting them to make a ring for Xmas I will cover all costs

thanks James

 

[watsonfmly]

Do you want specific years, or just a random set from those years?

 

[jimbob005]

Any thing watsonfmly I'm going to melt them down to make a ring

- - - Updated - - -

They just need to be zinc and copper plated cents

 

[Beavis]

Uhmm sorry, but do you mean copper plated cents made of zinc?
Never knew they made coins of zinc.

Edit: I saw it, and zinc has an extremely low melting point, but else you could check out a gaff that makes roof gutters or a roofer.

 

[johnim]

hi i just wanted to know this too so looked here

http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/fun_facts/?action=fun_facts2

The Composition of the Cent
Following is a brief chronology of the metal composition of the cent coin (penny):

• The composition was pure copper from 1793 to 1837.
• From 1837 to 1857, the cent was made of bronze (95 percent copper, and five percent tin and zinc).
• From 1857, the cent was 88 percent copper and 12 percent nickel, giving the coin a whitish appearance.
• The cent was again bronze (95 percent copper, and five percent tin and zinc) from 1864 to 1962.
  (Note: In 1943, the coin's composition was changed to zinc-coated steel. This change was only for the year 1943 and was due to the critical use of copper for the war effort. However, a limited number of copper pennies were minted that year. You can read more about the rare, collectible 1943 copper penny in "What's So Special about the 1943 Copper Penny.")
• In 1962, the cent's tin content, which was quite small, was removed. That made the metal composition of the cent 95 percent copper and 5 percent zinc.
• The alloy remained 95 percent copper and 5 percent zinc until 1982, when the composition was changed to 97.5 percent zinc and 2.5 percent copper (copper-plated zinc). Cents of both compositions appeared in that year.

 

[jimbob005]

This is what I'm wanting to do

http://youtu.be/vVX1NGupFzg

 

[Damon1971]

Just be carefull!
According to Title 18, Chapter 17 of the U.S. Code, which sets out crimes related to coins and currency, anyone who “alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens” coins can face fines or prison time.
Have u watched Orange is a New Black,it could be you!
Remember the NSA is watching u!

 

[jimbob005]

Ow ok iv found I can heaviest zinc from battery's so I no longer need and cents

http://youtu.be/knc1lSupAwQ