New Pennies are Weird

Pennies made after 1982 are actually made of mostly zinc, and older pennies are mostly copper. This means you can do some interesting experiments with new and old pennies that highlight their differences! #chemistry

[@floridamaninthewild]

As a plumber I used to take pennies and after a little flux would add a drop of silver solder and brush it off. The result was a silver penny which I would give to kids as a souvenir. Recently went to show the trick to my grandson. Imagine my surprise when the penny melted before it got hot enough to cover with silver! PS I eventually figured out I needed older pennies.

[@drygordspellweaver8761]

Just wait til the tip of your blowtorch starts melting!

[@bkbekka3039]

Love that story, but have we learned anything about our government and the b$ they can tell us? (Or not)😊

[@kandydewey1286]

Make a video. I'd love to see that

[@anandboss7034]

Very interesting, especially considering you're a plumber

[@UrMomsChauffer]

⁠@@anandboss7034why is it especially interesting because he's a plumber?

[@HistoryNerd8765]

All I learned was that even our pennies were worth more back in the day.

[@Blue1Sapphire]

True. .. when dollars were backed by gold. Not anymore.

[@ottovon986]

Wait until he learns about Inflation 😂

[@tim3tRav3l3RR60]

The only comment that matters

[@doyouwanttogivemelekiss3097]

I suspect that nowadays the material value of even just the zinc is more than the nominal value of the penny. And if you get a copper penny, your rich lol

[@doyouwanttogivemelekiss3097]

Just the zinc is worth more than the penny nowadays lol

[@woodneel]

Guess he really did give us his two cents.

[@wicked8956]

underrated pun, its terrible but perfect and i hate you

[@Developedinink]

Underrated

[@joblo2671]

Get out.

[@summerglassleaves3073]

Horribly underrated omg

[@newagain9964]

Ohhhhh. I 👀 what u did there!

[@ccc822007]

My grandpa used to say, "Don't accept no wooden nickels."

[@WetbackNoSetback]

What did she tell you about the zinc ones? We have to know

[@EaglesQuestions]

Until we decide it's cheaper to make nickels out of wood...

[@SpartacusColo]

@@EaglesQuestions The environmentalists will have kittens.

[@1stCallipostle]

​@@EaglesQuestions Wood isn't very cheap. The cheapest Nickels possible would be Aluminum or Steel.

[@suepilli5929]

@@WetbackNoSetback you mean he?

[@uwufemboy5683]

“I found two pennies in my pocket, so I decided to burn them” God I love science

[@nikhilpolekar8325]

NileRed vibes

[@1000-THR]

@@sebibence02 HE STOLE TH POCKETS

[@MrHarryHumper]

This is just an experiment used for teaching. Real science is mostly repetitive and boring as fuck. The results can be exciting, though.

[@YOURteacher_100]

@@MrHarryHumper idk have you seen some studies? You begin to question why scientists try to find out if plants feel pain

[@justinnewman13]

That’s how we used to (and still do) discover new elements

[@MOE_LESTER16]

Prime example of “they don’t make ‘em like they used to”

[@satyRo-tu1wl]

Calm down geezer. You're old and brittle

[@danieldelewis2448]

legendary comment

[@Irv123]

exactly what I thought 💯

[@TXLionHeart]

Exactly. They used to make our currency out of money, but it's a lot harder to discreetly steal wealth from people (i.e. inflation) when they are physically holding it.

[@beyesteadfast8488]

This was my thought! Almost fake money in comparison

[@johnchandler1687]

When working in a radiator repair shop we kept a jar of old copper pennies to use as patches. You can't solder a zinc penny.

[@gus473]

We'd solder (or "sweat") one to the line coming out of water heaters we installed..... 😅

[@vornamenachname906]

I think this isn't zink (50) , it's Tin (30)?

[@aubreyleonae4108]

I still save them, have since 1982. So useful. ❤

[@johnchandler1687]

@@aubreyleonae4108 I've got 3 large coffee cans full. Check change every time I've broken a dollar. Years ago they had 2 1/2 cents worth of copper in them, but probably worth more now.

[@SetiSupreme]

​@@vornamenachname906Nah it's zinc

[@mikaelafox6106]

Old pennies: Hefty hefty hefty New pennies: wimpy wimpy wimpy

[@karicewillis]

I love the Hefty Garbage Bags as reference you made! 🤣🤭

[@AJ-lz3lr]

All i can think is Peter describing shower curtians vs condoms

[@thedarkerarchery3553]

Oh so you're old like I...

[@Numba003]

I used to love that commercial! 😂 Thank you for the nostalgia. God bless! ✝️ :)

[@blupinkyellogreen]

I just pictured John Cena flexing his chest muscles

[@Butters-ly3hq]

Guy is controlling inflation and teaching chemistry...hats off

[@abicol6010]

But there is a penny shortage..

[@potatopotato590]

@@abicol6010 everyone ends up accidentally hoarding them, cuz they're useless in 99.99% of transactions, do I love Abraham Lincoln, but keeping him on a penny, a thing that is absolutely worthless, it's just an insult, we have a penny shortage because people put them in a jar and forget about them

[@a-a-rondavis9438]

@@abicol6010 that's not and will never be a thing lol.

[@nogrammer]

@@abicol6010 coin shortage*, but pennies are actually in the most abundance. Quarters are the least right now.

[@nogrammer]

@@a-a-rondavis9438 ??? lol it is, it's not a penny shortage it's just a coin shortage. mostly quarters. I work at a convenience store and we've had literally no change from our supplier. only pennies, sometimes nickles. nothing else.

[@Castle_of_v1nes]

missed the opportunity to say “but that’s just my two cents”

[@EnderGoku9001]

guess you could say he had no cents

[@blair1227]

Nice jokes guys

[@big_bacon4998]

@@EnderGoku9001 this makes no sense

[@aafhans8326]

​@@big_bacon4998 sense

[@big_bacon4998]

@@aafhans8326 cents* my bad

[@gagebeveridge5880]

This is the most use anyone has gotten out of pennies in 30 years.

[@imnickim]

​@@realfactruth6910pennies should literally be done away with. Round up or down idc

[@JacquelineUnderwood]

@@imnickimagreed, they cost more to make than they’re worth and something like 2/3rds aren’t in circulation 😂 they’re useless

[@jaewhite2462]

​@@imnickim I bet Elon Musk riches he was rich enough to say pennies didn't matter, must be nice to be loaded enough to think pennies aren't relevant. Bill Gates was seen a few years back on TMZ bending down to pick up a penny.

[@jesperlivid9184]

The old pennies due to being so high in copper can actually be antibacterial to a point, so some people use them in reptile / small pet water dishes to keep the standing water from growing as much bacteria! Fun fact

[@VA-gu1jq]

@@JacquelineUnderwood one argument made in congress to keep it going was, people use them to make wishes in water falls. They’re grasping for reasons to keep them.

[@Arcturus572]

Back in high school, my chemistry teacher needed zinc, but lamented at the cost. I told him to forget about the cost, because he had a jar in class for change that would pay for the end of year movies. I grabbed the newer pennies from the jar and filled his zinc container for about 75 cents....

[@mrgw98]

Fun fact: It costs 3 cents to make a penny and 13 cents to make nickle.

[@ibtgb2]

“We gotta make them pennies worth less than a penny” -the government

[@CynHicks]

Because we don't have real money.

[@CynHicks]

.. anymore

[@joshuayow4653]

Pretty much.

[@jemeljordan-butler4510]

It kinda costs like 2.5 cents to make a penny, so…

[@nitro6875]

@@jemeljordan-butler4510 that's makes no cents

[@davidgannon5388]

The zinc pennies have a coating of pure copper, but it's a mere 8 microns thick! (A human hair is about 75 microns thick.)

[@Fosi94]

8 microns?! What the fuck

[@BalroomBlitz715]

Yep, electroplating is sick

[@bigbelix]

@@BalroomBlitz715 I've been electroplating for 3 years and im sick of it.

[@BalroomBlitz715]

@@bigbelix sick to learn, not to perform unfortunately

[@victorascencio1964]

¿Y cuántos Micronesia tiene una micra o al revés, digo, sólo para darle sentido a la medidas, que sean iguales?

[@chesterstevens8870]

Forget the Gold Standard, we're not even on the Copper Standard anymore.

[@aztkshorty9138]

Which doesn’t matter because the worth of metals are also entirely made up, gold only has value because you believe it has value. Gold, Silver, Platinum and Diamonds are only worth something because of the belief that there is intrinsic value for them. Which did not exist prior to the establishment of the gold coin around 600BC by Lydia. Investing in gold is a scam nowadays, gold has been volatile and has had price fluctuations since the beginning. It’s worth now is artificially inflated from fear of inflation and due to so few people having access to the 200,000 metric tons of gold that is currently in circulation in banks and world governments. The gold mining industry is basically ran by 10 large billion dollar corporations that ensure gold is not circulated to normal people as much, their only buyers are generally world governments or banks.

[@biggibbs4678]

Nickels are still worth their weight in copper/nickel

[@biggibbs4678]

​@@aztkshorty9138bullshit. Gold has had value for thousands of years and across completely isolated cultures. Redditor bullshit.

[@norsemanbushcrafting1621]

This happened in rome too lol

[@NauzTheGoat]

​​@@aztkshorty9138 Gold will always retain its value, its commonly used in many electronics, so unless we run out of find something better Gold isn't gonna die anytime soon

[@clutchnshift1]

I found that out in the late 80’s, when I was in elementary school. Made coins change color by heating them on a stove. I quickly found out that some pennies would melt instead. Most, if not all of these modern cheap pennies are minted starting 1982, zinc with about 2.5% copper (the plating).

[@hybridstoatdragon]

This guy just exposed inflation at its core

[@AfricanLionBat]

No, not really

[@txphysf]

😂

[@TeaspoonMiner]

Inflation or....ignition? 🤔

[@parvall]

Not really, the material used to make a currency has very little effect on the cost. If that were the case then a $100 bill would be worth the same amount as a $1 bill

[@Worldshaker-du9zw]

@@AfricanLionBatyes really… maybe you should realize that everything you work for and covet is a lie designed to keep you busy instead of thinking…

[@helenepoitras3576]

New Canadian pennies are made out of this cool invisible material

[@charlesfrandolig5090]

Yeah, so are the guns.

[@TheThora17]

Haha right right...

[@Shoelessjoe78]

​@@charlesfrandolig5090 so the four rifles, shotgun, and two pistols I own don't exist? You republicans are a weird lot... Delusional

[@Cline3911]

@@charlesfrandolig5090 Shots fired?

[@sillyoldbastard3280]

A Trudeau promissory note lol

[@AusDenBergen]

"These gold bars cost too much, we're just gonna give you foil bars and paint them yellow. Here ya go. "

[@lidmc796]

Welcome to historical inflation practice 101

[@jichaelmorgan3796]

The covert flat tax

[@Theweouthereforrealclub-]

International bankers and their consequences

[@SmilingIbis]

We'll get paid in Hanukah Gelts!

[@mindlightwave]

​@@SmilingIbisexcept instead of chocolate coins they will be poop coins.

[@MissouriPA]

The ones they are making now are different than the ones starting in 1982. They’re lighter, which I noticed a couple of years ago, but I accidentally washed a couple of them & they came out looking like they’d been put in a blender at high speed or something. They were coming apart, & had lost most of the copper-looking substance. It was weird. And I know this change (pun intended) happened way more recently than 1982. But I’m too lazy to look it up.

[@DraconX3]

Brings a definite meaning to "they don't make them like they used to"

[@trxtech3010]

🙄 I swear, old people and that term are so fucking annoying

[@conor-smith572]

I'd argue it's justified in this case. Due to inflation, a copper penny now costs more than a penny to make. Kinda defeats the point if your penny is worth more as scrap metal than as money.

[@kingzshallrize6756]

@@conor-smith572 yeah but people like him dont think or use their brains, they live in the past, they believe shit is endless or infinite...

[@blackhand441]

Guy : Makes Joke Other guy : YOU CAN'T THINK ? YO MAN YOU LIVE IN THE PAST DUMMY. YOU DON'T MUCKING USE YOUR BRAIN. DUMMY SANDWICH. AM BETTER THAN YOU.

[@conor-smith572]

@@blackhand441 hey, don't lump me in with that. I shared the copper thing because I thought it was interesting and cool! I get my superiority kick from knowing computer trivia, not economics trivia!

[@guts60]

The thing about copper (as well as copper alloys and silver) is that it naturally pulls electrons from the membranes of microbes during the rusting process, which is constant, and thus are antimicrobial. Copper coins are just better for public health, if we were to still use them and if they were, you know, cheap. Following this, I am actually very into brass doorknobs and bronze light switches, even in my own home. These often get touched multiple times throughout any given day, but because they are made of copper alloys they naturally get cleaned. The water fountains at work, and at my high school if I recall correctly, also used copper pipes and advertised them being antimicrobial

[@eutytoalba]

I have friends who own a foundry, and personally had a very snippy attitude about the 2020 'festivities'. I called them up and actually said, "Do you want to be the guys selling pick-axes in a gold rush?"-and then proceeded to extole the antimicrobial properties of genuine brass doorknobs. We never made any, though.

[@PanduPoluan]

Well the newer pennies are still covered by copper, though. And albeit true about the brass, do note that there are various brass formulations; you will want the formulation with high copper content to fully leverage the antimicrobial property of copper.

[@jin_cotl]

“Releasing a lot of heat” “how cool is that?” Those two statements contradict themselves 😂

[@deletedTestimony]

Not really, the answer is just "it's not cool. It's very warm."

[@frank9966]

It’s a test: when he asked you cool is it, you tell him it’s not at all cool, but quite hot

[@rock3tcatU233]

In order to cool something it has to release heat.

[@90FirstGenPGT]

🤣

[@WanderTheNomad]

That's only one statement tho 🤓

[@brianspangenberg9598]

I remember back in the day people used to melt pennies down for scrap metal when prices for scrap metal was high.

[@sirwobble265]

Then they made it illegal because destroying large amounts of money is bad for the economy.

[@IANDURBECK]

"Made money cheaper to save money" - Truly a Human moment

[@NeoGeo822]

Something we created and we can take away 😮

[@pommemelon7026]

Well that's just logical

[@Svensk7119]

Ooooooh, so true!!!

[@misha_00]

America

[@B86432]

Your penny isn't even worth 1 cent anymore 😂 your take is strange

[@shawnalfaro6943]

dont forget that the Only zinc supplier for the US Mint has got a lifetime contract with them

[@johnp2784]

Got a source for that? I'm interested but couldn't find anything to back it up

[@kennethjung5052]

Nah it's fake news. Typical internet behavior

[@flyushkifly]

What country is it mined in?

[@JasonCole_TheVeil]

I wonder whose lifetime

[@Liaxxmm]

“Yo im cold” “Hand me an old penny”

[@justadood3679]

survival tip should you ever need to resort to this trick. I sure as hell will

[@spencer2613]

Don't forget the whole ass blowtorch you need to heat the penny up.

[@whitedawn2122]

And the jar of acetone

[@田桃-c7g]

@@justadood3679 bro if you have a whole blow torch it isn't a survival trick

[@Yourlocalhumbug]

@@田桃-c7gGET DA STONES THEN-

[@markp8467]

Fun fact: Take some copper pennies, galvanize them w/ zinc, and take a blow torch to it. You've now made a brass penny.

[@spi_890]

The weight of the copper became more valuable than the penny itself

[@newmeta2668]

Copper isn't more valuable because or it's weight. It's more valuable because copper is a material used in the production of many components such as wiring, electronics, piping, and brass.

[@EmmaJ_462]

​@@newmeta2668It's not the weight that gives it value, but its weight is measured to 'determine' its value.

[@newmeta2668]

@@EmmaJ_462 That's a weird way of wording it but sure.

[@talon04091]

​@@EmmaJ_462Not quite for money a certain grain or weight of material is stated to be the equivalent to the dollar or cent. The fact that the money and materials value doesn't match is because of politicians and banks set the fictional materials price but can't stop the demand for the real one.

[@SconeysASMR]

​@@newmeta2668that's a pretty standard way of measuring an amount of material lol

[@JStraight160lbs]

Federal Reserve: “Sir, we are gonna need to have a word with you”

[@Omegasutoraiki]

Would be if it weren't under a scientific context to learn and teach.

[@joel.ha.]

They're the fucks spending 2.5 cents to make a penny, so maybe WE THE PEOPLE should have a word with THEM

[@supersophisticated9943]

It wasn't for any direct profit of any kind, so it isn't illegal in any way.

[@saiboogu]

​@@supersophisticated9943 If they cared about profit the penny machines at gift shops would get shut down. All they really care about is if you try to commit fraud or forgery

[@piranhaplantX]

Technically, the law doesn't really care much about destruction of currency. Hell, they already do that themselves with older paper dollars. The law cares specifically about defacement, and that is mostly in regards to trying to pass it off as another form of currency.

[@eggomyleggos5247]

“You really brought a zinc penny to a copper penny fight?” *proceeds to melt zinc penny and throw very hot copper penny at enemy*

[@EeveeRealSenpai]

Viable tactic tbh

[@PokeLap.]

Other people: 😃 Coin collectors: 💀 The government: 💀

[@edmanwood2936]

For those wondering, in this case, melting pennies is not illegal because it's for educational purposes Edit: I was wrong, it's not because of 'educational purposes', it's just because it's not being sold for profit.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

'educational purposes'

[@hajwaytoomany2780]

Aka views? This is not in the name of science

[@missquprison]

​@@hajwaytoomany2780When you were showed experiment at school was it in the name of science. since when education is done in the name of science

[@QueenOfDump]

@@hajwaytoomany2780 what dude? Lmao

[@lachlantrescott5533]

​@@hajwaytoomany2780 "in the name of science" 😂😂😂

[@orektez]

once used an old penny in place of a thermal pad on a laptop, read about the trick on some old forum, everyone was saying not to use anything newer then the 70s because they're not thermally conductive enough. that's how i realized modern pennies changed.

[@johnchandler1687]

Any penny before 1982 is copper.

[@orektez]

@@johnchandler1687i think they started mixing it with other metals by the 80s, it still had copper but had other things that would mess with it's thermal conductivity, so they just recommended pennies from the 70s and older to be on the safe side i think.

[@johnchandler1687]

@@orektez I don't know. When I was a kid you could scratch a penny with your thumbnail, so copper is kinda soft.

[@DUKEHadToDoItToEm]

"thermal pad" you mean the heat-sink on top of the CPU? if so that's insane, how long did this trick last before heat damage became evident?

[@Lore-mc7zw]

@@DUKEHadToDoItToEm probably last 5 minutes with the latest top new games.

[@RPGreg2600]

When I was a kid, I used to melt zinc pennies on the stove top while holding them with pliers.

[@genyost3963]

Us metal detectorists have a nickname for these zinc pennies, "Stinkin' Lincolns"

[@flawdaman305]

You mean stinkin zincolns

[@clapclapscream]

Zincolns in the coin community

[@robinreality9979]

No

[@daMillenialTrucker]

​@@robinreality9979as a certified metal detectorist who received his degree through KZbin videos I can confirm we do call them "Stinkin Lincoln's".

[@butthead2645]

Worthless garbage.

[@gamersland2557]

Zinc, the metal that tries to kill the inexperienced metal worker.

[@lynntammy2746]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@cjlaforte1684]

Fr

[@thesurgeon0462]

Wait I'm an inexperienced metal worker how is zinc gonna try to kill me?!?

[@gamersland2557]

@@thesurgeon0462 I don't know if you're joking, but I'm going to explain. Zinc will oxidize when heated (like most metals) and the oxide is gas. This gas has a tendency to find its way into your lungs, if you aren't in a well ventilated area and aren't wearing a respirator. That can cause heavy metal to end up in your lungs, which is bad for obvious reasons. This is called Metal Fume Fever (look up it's Wikipedia, it will explain it much better) and is why you should take caution around metals with zinc, and steel if you don't know it's galvanized.

[@thesurgeon0462]

@@gamersland2557 I was not joking I work in a metal shop near the welders section. How close without a respirator Is too close? 20 feet?

[@altansipdrae2759]

so melting old pennies to get copper bars would be worth more than the pennies themselves

[@fixxforlife1569]

US treasury is already melting them.

[@jacobe8834]

Yes, that's why its illegal lol

[@zzoinks]

I've found a penny from 1890s in my change!

[@abstractgamer8543]

​@@zzoinks I found an 1857 flying eagle penny at a golden corral restaurant. It's one of my favorite coins.

[@MsHojat]

This was done in the past with nickels, which is why nickels went through the same thing, and why it is illegal to melt coins for intrinsic-value profit.

[@theallsight7076]

I love that you have "Pennies from Heaven" by Luis Prima in the background. Clever touch and neat song choice.

[@scrapzgd1343]

"releasing a lot of HEAT" "how COOL is that?"

[@lynntammy2746]

😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@rotemtomhagbi1937]

That's styropyro catchphrase

[@johngouldemans9072]

That is not cool it is literally hot.

[@db5094]

​@@johngouldemans9072 that's cool

[@vipxpert]

Hot coins 🥵

[@ItsJustMe0585]

Even cheaper way to deal the cost of minting pennies is to... You know... Stop. We quit having pennies in Canada ages ago and no one is complaining

[@Pyrolonn]

I miss the Canadian cent, they should have kept making it for mint sets. The last mint set to have the penny 2012 I think made it out of silver.

[@ItsJustMe0585]

@@Pyrolonn just means when you find them they are more special or something.

[@MrViki60]

Total Canadian Death

[@Alex-um4fe]

Haha the US Mint a registered corporation for profit would disagree and lobby to prove their point ..

[@Pyrolonn]

@@Alex-um4fe Yeah a penny and even a nickel is minted at a loss, but dimes and quarters are very profitable.

[@timsession6736]

FYI, you've made an error, an important distinction. It isn't that the cost of copper is too high, it's that the value of currency has gotten too low to use copper.

[@mitchellkeiser9135]

I feel like in turn both representations are just two side of the same coin(no pun intended)

[@timsession6736]

​@@mitchellkeiser9135 That's why legal tender laws are immoral. If we had freedom of choice in currency, no one would have a monopoly on any sides of any coins. The only way to have an actual "free market" is to have actual freedom of choice in medium of exchange.

[@Max_Griswald]

​@@mitchellkeiser9135- Difference is that if it was just the cost of copper being high, everything else wouldn't also be super high. Instead, EVERYTHING costs more, which shows that the value of the currency is too low. The perceived high cost of copper is a symptom of the low value of the currency.

[@mitchellkeiser9135]

@@Max_Griswald exactly but this is only talking about him saying copper is too expensive which is correct due to the loss of value in currency causing copper to be way more than a cent, so both are correct but just two sides of the same argument

[@timsession6736]

​@@mitchellkeiser9135 Incorrect, the arguement of rising prices allows the perpetrators of currency manipulation to continue with business as usual. The argument of currency devaluation makes us look at the source of currency creation. In other words, the banking system. Those that control the banking system control the world through a monetary system monopoly of the world's largest banking and investing institutions. Banks don't want you to know that.

[@AaronToye-iv6me]

Man filmed himself committing a federal offense destroying that penny

[@aarush_luthra]

Pennies from heaven as background music is a nice touch…

[@fairygurl9269]

Cab ❤

[@BiffTannen1983]

THANK YOU!!! 🙏❤🎉

[@lohphat]

I remember high-school chemistry in 1982 when we noticed the change and were melting pennies when they came out. It was quite obvious they were different.

[@JonathanYeets]

I think it is really neat how very different people know the same weird fact. You know the change happened in 1982 because you were there. I know because copper is excellent to keep in water bowls for snakes, aka pre-1982 pennies.

[@theblackprince5898]

Just imagine in 1965 when dimes,Quarters, and half’s were not 90% silver anymore how people thought of it

[@Lore-mc7zw]

​@@theblackprince5898 pissed off I'd wager

[@TheTantan1111]

When the lab is closed and the janitor decides to have fun.

[@LepKraj]

That thing looks sooo sick! Awesome job, dude!

[@Silent_Badger23]

When I was a wee lad I tried to melt a penny in a glass ashtray and the ashtray exploded and the penny burnt a hole in my dads recliner, it’s a wonder I survived childhood I was always doing sketchy dumb shit but I did learn a lot of what not to do

[@evonne315]

I had to laugh out loud at "ashtray exploded" being a pyro myself as a kid my past is also full ofdumb mistakes and near misses. Gotta love it.

[@ronniewilliz153]

Right me too

[@mrc3584]

I'm amazed you survived the ass whooping for burning a hole in dad's chair.

[@nathanhale7444]

Yea I did some dumb shit too with fire when I was a kid. Thankfully we grew out of it....... We did grow out of it right?.......?

[@aitnobetafaq]

Lol that remember i threw these huge batteries i found on the ground as hard as i could. This made them extremly hot and warmth my hands in the winter. Later i found out i created this chemical reaction inside of it whitch could make them explode. Imagine a wee lad's hands and then this big batterie in the middle exploding... kids are dumb as F. I hope my kids dont look like me.

[@brandonbryant7854]

The litteral example of "they dont make em like they used to" Edit: i awoke the internet penny experts 😰

[@chasexchaos9392]

What does litteral mean?

[@razi_man]

Yep, but copper is one of those materials people keep using despite it's relative rarity.

[@losfromla1480]

​@@chasexchaos9392 it means you're pedantic

[@ElysetheEevee]

​@@losfromla1480 How do you know they weren't actually asking? I'd say being pedantic is better than being a presumptuous asshole for 0 reason, any day. Also, proper spelling and communication is never pedantic. You've proven that point.

[@losfromla1480]

@@ElysetheEevee I know they weren't asking because all the world's information is available at our fingertips. Like the song by Scooter Computer and Mr. Chips. Also, it's clear, from context, what the OP meant. So, kindly, drink less, and go outside and get some fresh air and exercise. Go eat a nice fatty steak and enjoy life.

[@yungnach8179]

Phil was my physics teacher sophomore year about 3 years ago. Among the best I’ve ever had❤

[@coolpea1224]

@@wagner9050 stop trying to make it sus

[@reeceheaton5515]

@@wagner9050 you have the same name as my Sargent, i had a bit of PTSD and shock when I read your name

[@wagner9050]

@@reeceheaton5515 Bet he Not as goodlooking as me! Thank You 4 Your Service... hope > Pray PTSD a thing in your PAST! May GOD Bless you and yours!!! Ya know.... I think I might have sumthang similar. Doc sez I got an STD... Eye take penicillin shots & sum sorta anti-tank weapon or is it an ANTIBIOTIC? It sounds like a computer game that med. Tetris? TexisCyclOnes? Texiscycline. That's what I take. Do you take TexisCyclones for PTS? I was never in battle nor in duh military: high blood pressure & too low an IQ kept me out. My mama didn't get skool principle to forget my skores like Forrest Gump's did. Take Care!!

[@ultragamer135]

When you said "among" my brain immediately said "haha among us"

[@wagner9050]

@@ultragamer135 Did You Know that... There Is A Fungus Among Us?

[@TheTechAdmin]

Good thing he didn't find two kittens in his 🥼

[@dynaheart]

"How cool is that?" Not very, no It's more warm than anything I'd say

[@wafflez7486]

“Yo you got the sticks for the fire?” “No but I have a couple 1920 pennies” “Wait what?”

[@ramirogarcia2227]

I’m surprised there’s no “Um actually you can’t deface currency or you’ll be in jail”-🤓

[@Snaic]

Well they either dont know its illegal, or they know that as long as its done for educational purposes then its fine. Edit: i'm no longer replying to these comments. Its been a month and tbh I'd like this thread to die but that wont happen anytime soon. It's been a blast but it mentally exhausts me just to check back here every time I get mentioned.

[@Kevin12484]

@@Snaic its only illegal if you do it to make money

[@Snaic]

@@Kevin12484 no, the US Treasury has stated you can only deface money for educational purposes. Other than that, its illegal. Defacing it for money isnt educational and is thus illegal. Also destroying money to get more money makes no sense.

[@adamsmith-wi3qg]

@@Snaic makes no sense? Pre-1965 quarters have entered the chat

[@Ron-op8es]

@@adamsmith-wi3qg whats the story behind pre 1965 quarters

[@angstydoodles1101]

"How cool is that?" It's pretty warm, actually

[@ShogunRyuusha]

"I found something so now I want to light it on fire." Ah. Mankind.

[@swat_ape3920]

Ooga booga

[@theredcorn8656]

Federal reserve enters the chat.

[@Number704]

It's not illegal if it's used for education.

[@realityisiamthespoonthefor6735]

Federal reserve is not involved with the production of coins. Coins are money produced by the Treasury department. Federal reserve produces currency not money.

[@novicenova]

Who cares what the government thinks. Them crooks are printing & making cheap worthless metal & cloths as currency causing inflation which is just as fraudulent & no different that an I.O.U on a bubble gum wrapper.🤣

[@chrisholloway4724]

We’re gonna need those back.

[@eagleeyemind4800]

@@realityisiamthespoonthefor6735 your last sentence is so dumb I can’t take the rest of the comment seriously

[@headflap7569]

"I found 2 pennies in my lab coat" *Starts fire*

[@alexanderbrown2717]

Jesus Christ loves you! ♥️know♥️ 1 John 5 KJV 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. 1 Corinthians 15 KJV 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Romans 3 KJV 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; ✝️sealed♥️ Ephesians 1 KJV 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

[@masahirosakurai64]

So glad its free too. Free content is usually not a given on the marketplace.

[@alucardvigilatedismas2868]

"How cool is that?" Not very I mean the thing is still glowing

[@firmfire2385]

It won't cool down, the copper penny is working as a catalyst once hot it will stay hot until acetone vapors are gone. It is actually very cool, but I get it if you don't get it.

[@firmfire2385]

Holy shit I just realized I was the one that in fact did not get it. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@electrocaruzo-karpada2485]

That's what I said

[@maizjsj]

I love this joke lmao

[@TabbyCatq]

Should we... Wooosh the guy?

[@arianmuller7521]

"Here's your unmelted zinc blobs sir."

[@informedconsumer5293]

That was only to show reactivity, I’m sure he could melt what he had and squish it into a blob

[@Colonies_Dev]

u can pull apart carbon zinc batteries and get zinc metal strips, carbon rods, potassium hydroxide and manganese dioxide. all of which are useful and relatively hard to obtain materials

[@Useuckaqwa.]

1970s penny : me stronk 2000s penny : pls no I can barely handle 100⁰c (212⁰f) Edit : 2012 penny : dies at room temperature

[@EEEEEEEE]

E‎‎

[@CarterPersall]

@@EEEEEEEE name checks out

[@omarma4715]

That mirrors the humans of the two generations too

[@凛たる光]

nah 2000s was good. after 2012 they were bad.

[@evlorby]

@@凛たる光 people or pennies?

[@12zxgglol]

Bro just committed federal crime and uploaded to KZbin...

[@12235117657598502586]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@breffnilynch1875]

Only if you plan to sell it

[@420sakura1]

Its California. No one cares

[@swarnavamitra6658]

"Penny is hot" - Leonard Hofstadter

[@ralph5450]

"Ba zinca" -Sheldon Cooper

[@vlup9702]

Funny enough I’m watching The Big Bang Theory as I read this comment lol

[@ajpar7994]

(The big band theory)

[@AEssex1990]

The government literally says "shit, pennies are worth too much" and proceeds to start scamming the public 😆 classic

[@ohokay4663]

Personally, I'd think it's more of a scam to publicly produce One Cent Coins that are worth 1.7 cents on average to produce

[@kevinsykes1215]

Yeah I think you have your logic backwards here… the more it costs to make a penny, the more WE get scammed as tax paying citizens lol. We are devaluing our own currency 😂

[@Sashazur]

By this logic they’re also scamming us when they make $5 or $20 bills that aren’t 5 or 20 times larger than a $1 😀

[@kylervoie]

Wait until you hear about dollar bills

[@daxramdac7194]

​@@kylervoie !!!😂

[@Urdead476]

My man really had to put a hole in Abraham Lincoln’s head

[@boostedsafe]

Well his last name is Wilkes Booth...

[@JDCIncAccount]

At least it wasn’t the back of the head..

[@GPenn09]

​@country1116you're the most annoying person on the Internet

[@the.thing.]

Another one? He’s been through enough ;-;

[@amaruqlonewolf3350]

Calling it a dime-sized would've been appropriate, but then again... no dimes.

[@umbrellacorp.]

Umbrella scientists when they have nothing to do.😏

[@M8OfTheNorth]

*Finds two Pennie’s in pocket* “Ferb, I know what we’re going to do today”

[@Thejigholeman]

the fact that they had to cut corners on pennies because they cost too much is hilarious. a penny is one cent, yet it costs way more than one cent to make. which means that pennies are technically worth a negative amount, since making them cost more than they are worth.

[@100GTAGUY]

It's hilarious, and then terrifying when you realize this is how the federal reserve controls us as debt cattle.

[@nomadMik]

I'm not sure there's any coin worth less in any service economy. €0.01 and £0.01 are worth more, and Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Switzerland haven't had 1c coins in a long time. Why does the US still have them?

[@Zikar]

@@nomadMik The Japanese Yen. It's worth (at time of typing) 0.07 cents.

[@chimp9465]

@@Zikar how is that worth less than a penny lol you literally just said its worth more. Maybe the zimbabwe dollar could compete

[@Zikar]

@@chimp9465 Mistyped. 1 cent gets you 1.45 yen.

[@Devon.with.an.i]

The newer penny melting and the older penny staying strong is a metaphor for something 💀

[@Liamzilla4777]

Yeah, the newer generation is full of pussies who want communism because they want to make money without doing the work, the moment some sort of stress is applied they bitch out, while older generations had to fight to find work.

[@eriktruchinskas3747]

Yeah cant quite put my finger on it...

[@kindatim]

No, it isn't

[@requiemagent3014]

Pretty much sums up the united states economy

[@ThatNoobKing]

@@requiemagent3014 huh Yeah I suppose so

[@محمدجمالمتوليالشرقاوي]

"Releasing a lot of heart, how cool is that " I think it's warm actually

[@geertgietman]

So if you ever find yourself locked in a cold dungeon, but you have an old penny, acetone and a lighter, you’re in luck

[@everyhandletaken]

Or trapped with Macgyver

[@simpletruth9977]

Just my luck. All I have is this stupid phone. 🙄

[@psygonzo7974]

'can print money' "Ah its kinda expensive tho"

[@ordogordo6589]

“Don’t tell ‘em, but it’s way cheaper to cut your pennies with some zinc”

[@AtticusKarpenter]

And its sure better to make fucking money (that erode by getting from one hands to another constantly) less durable than, i dont know, optimize operational costs, cut wages to high managers? (yes it is, from the point of view of said managers)

[@trevorrogers95]

The Roman Empire remembers diluting their currency with lesser metals.

[@bubbachomp4674]

^ enjoys all the benefits of America (like the Internet) while acting like an angsty teen. Yeah America has its corruption problem, but I was raised to solve problems, not make them worse or abandon. It’s sad to see us follow Rome in a downward spiral, especially with how young we are as a nation.

[@PauloHernandezXD]

@@bubbachomp4674Yep, all these Anti-Americans say how horrible it is, but deliberately indulge in the American Luxuries that are supposed to be considered “horrible” by the people who tell them… I mean by them, lol

[@Magaisacancer]

What current countries use pure gold, silver, copper in their change, that they pass around in public? Any? This is why you choose to dislike a country? Strange logic. ​@jacusszewczyk6090

[@dav356]

Very different. The choice of metal for pennies is completely irrelevant.

[@circleinforthecube5170]

@jacusszewczyk6090 rome was cool but a modern civilization is more impressive in every aspect excluding architecture because thats subjective (although 1800s american buildings look better than old roman ones imo)

[@rsz90182]

One cent in pocket is not better than two in a fire.

[@TeeteringTod]

Me:" Give me all your lunch money nerd" Nerd: hands over 5 superheated quarters

[@StephenTisdale-f2x]

😂

[@zacharyanimates]

Casually watches the pennies burn a hole straight through your hands

[@willgarrison5075]

We learned this in chemistry class, and then proceeded to turn them gold and silver colored, via crazy alchemy or sum

[@fss1704]

I used to get our brazilian 5cents that were copper, and galvanize them using alcaline batteries to make them look like steel, fun times. Hey, if you need something galvanized for cheap try to open a alc battery and release the insides into water, put the zinc part into positive and your piece on negative. I learned this alone.

[@turismofoegaming8806]

My mom used to always tell me that my money “was burning a hole in my pocket?!?!”

[@MidnightNok]

I some how keep getting this idea that older tools where actually intended to help people survive

[@KurasakiBleachigo1]

Y'all remember when the Roman Empire started trimming gold off their coins because the government was failing due to inflation?

[@babyt556]

Didn’t that lead to an eventual overall collapse of their economy 🤔 ig nobody learns from history

[@maskedduelist1380]

Pepperidge Farm remembers

[@Nmdixon-cu7vm]

I can’t say I member. That was a long time ago.

[@RedPill4Lifer]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂yesss I doo

[@Just_Another_Hoosier]

Like it was yesterday.

[@MrJuno319]

1970’s penny: Puny lava 2000’s penny: pls no if it gets too hot I’ll start melting ;-;

[@guidomista8448]

beta "new penny" vs the Chad "1970s penny"

[@DragonsOfSnow]

Hm. Very representative of society in general, lol.

[@stickinug]

I definitely read 1970 penny's dialog in Schwarzenegger's voice

[@elephantofstrawberry]

​@@guidomista8448 4.

[@Sov_spoiled]

New pennies are snowflakes

[@m3tr0idgrl]

-grabs a buncha old pennies, a lighter, and some acetone to save money this winter

[@PatrickRatman]

you'd be better off with just the lighter honestly. you're not gonna heat that penny up in a reasonable time with that. you'd need a propane torch. source: Mom was a meth addict, lighters dissappearing at the speed of sound when she got some.

[@mariamaria2751]

I know , same

[@snitox]

This guy is the reason inflation didn't go totally out of control

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

lol... hold tight

[@anderxale1]

High school chem expiriments #rememberthe90s

[@J64Gamer64]

Keep very old pennies to stay warm, theres my two cents worth

[@Brimmsune]

You should probably keep more than 2 cents worth of Pennies. You never know what might happen

[@loganbogan9]

"They don't make em' like they used to"

[@Nerdnumberone]

The modern copper-coated zinc penny still costs more than 1 cent in materials alone. They should really discontinue the penny, like they did the half-penny, but zinc companies make a significant profit producing penny-sized disks.

[@user-db4lk7yg3o]

@@Nerdnumberone they've planned to for months

[@TheMaster4534]

Forgot the 👴

[@otaku3OBSESSION]

Fiat currency isn't gold standard anyway, so making coins from expensive materials is pointless anyway. Copper is better used for wiring our appliances.

[@Folfah]

Stole comment. Nice job

[@Nako3]

I can imagine him and his classmates doing their own things and he suddenly goes "Oh! Found a penny!" and everyone starts freaking out and run away xD

[@lynntammy2746]

🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤

[@alexanderd.7818]

New pennies are really useful in the post-apocalypse scenarios. You can make batteries from them.

[@YGT-13]

"I found two pennies in my lab coat, so i lit them on fire!" Best reaction to finding two pennies in your lab coat

[@davidross5593]

Pretty sure this would be destruction of government property.

[@YGT-13]

@@davidross5593 technically yes and no. He did in fact destroy the pennies, but it isn't illegal because he didn't remold them to be work more than two pennies

[@subwaydude782]

Bro just casually filmed himself committing a felony

[@Project_V8]

Only illegal if you deface currency in order to re sell it. You can destroy them all you want but you can't sell whatever you make out of them.

[@subwaydude782]

@@Project_V8 oh ok mb

[@ThatAnimatronicPerson]

Its not illegal if its for educational purposes

[@Apbricksquadcuh]

@@subwaydude782 bro just casually comments on something he knows nothing about.

[@subwaydude782]

@Andres Palacios-Lopez bros just casually mad cause I thought I new something but was only partially correct was already corrected by others people and already accepted that I was wrong

[@BerriesAndCream348]

“Damn I’m cold” “Make a fire” “All I got is a old penny and lighter” “Make a fire”

[@xSayPleasex]

If you have a lighter and can't make a fire...

[@iamV10010]

​@@xSayPleasexlol right? Fks sake..

[@priscillajimenez27]

Another reason to say prior to 2000 "They to make them like they use to" "They're built differently"

[@jameskellum4]

Man you know the US is broke When we couldn't even afford the metal to make pennies. It literally got to a point where the penny cost more than a penny.

[@Atlantis125]

We could afford to make pennys just they switched to zinc because copper prices were worth more then a cent

[@noideawhoiam3855]

@@Atlantis125 thats the point i believe

[@kovona]

Bro, our Canadian pennies are made of steel.

[@deadwingdomain]

Inflation has caused the penny to be like a peso. Almost worthless.

[@rleeg6744]

Fed creates money on the computer and Treasury prints, then we get new taxes on money the banks invented to loan to us since money doesn't go as far because they've been printing it.

[@rjirvin2037]

I love his reaction to finding random objects is to do science on them.

[@wasdc]

Man single handedly saving us from inflation

[@K_PetGroom]

Old Pennies: will keep you warm New Pennies: potentially dangerous How is it that a penny got even cheaper

[@LauftFafa]

with the hot summers nowadays peoples gonna start finding blobs of zinc instead of pennies in their pockets

[@joefox9765]

🤪

[@Chadmiral]

Ouch 😬

[@limarbalmania9971]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kevinschickens552]

Funny but zinc melts at 420 (weed) degrees

[@Messerschmitt_BF_109G_10]

zinc melts at over 400* F

[@jackkonnof4106]

Today I sorted my newer pennies to take back to the bank. I kept the copper ones worth 2.3 cents .

[@Now_lets_get_this_straight]

You need a scale for the 1982 penny because that’s the year they changed and have both new & old versions.

[@TaigaClaws]

But selling them as is is a federal crime, melt copper down in secret if you want to sell copper, but dont do this with pennies, only copper

[@jackkonnof4106]

@@TaigaClaws You can legally melt them if you are making"ART" ,but after it has changed form once how will anyone prove anything?

[@elpacho....9254]

@@TaigaClaws so is removing mattress tags.

[@geronimo5537]

@@jackkonnof4106 it cannot be proven unless you went to the bank and said I want 10k in pennies. At $10k the transaction has to be tracked. Under $10k it is entirely your word and the banks record. But this is just the worst case of doing it wrong out of many other methods without much risk other than admitting it.

[@brotherbruns2989]

Basically saying a penny is worthless.

[@xbrandi12345x]

Thank you for putting in your two cents