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Melting Non US Coins?

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 Posted 03/03/2010  8:37 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add bryan1234 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I know melting US coins is illegal but what about non US coins. I have a whole bunch of foreign coins separated by color (silver, copper and gold looking) I know there not gold/silver but I'm thinking there nickel or some similar material. I want to due a little projects using these as there much more convenient to me and if I run out I could just buy lb on ebay.
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 Posted 03/03/2010  9:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Podoprigora to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I dont think its illegal as long as you dont sell them
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it's usually illegal in the country of origin of the coin. Outside of that coin's country, probably no way of implementing the ban.

besides, it's difficult melting down various coins based on color as each would have different melt temperatures as well as the metallurgy of the melt would be difficult to manage

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Does it help that most of them are from Italy (1955-1981) with a guy on the back L.50 then I got a whole bunch of cent looking things from all different south American country
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I saw a thing on you tube about melting pennies with a magnifying glass and it looked pretty cool so I wanted to give it a try without using any US coins. I know I could use a torch but I would prefer not too due to safety reasons plus want to see what mother nature is capable of plus some of the videos I don't think are very accurate as I doubt it could melt a stake of penny's in A minute
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50 lira coins from Italy in the stated time period are made of a kind of stainless steel called acmonital. That stuff might be a little tricky to melt at home.

As for melting coins generally, there's no way another country can enforce any ban on melting their coins outside their borders. It may be illegal to export bulk quantities of current coin, but once they're out, there's nothing to stop you.

Likewise, people in Canada and elsewhere are completely free to melt down any US coins, no matter what US laws say.
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I saw a thing on you tube about melting pennies with a magnifying glass and it looked pretty cool so I wanted to give it a try without using any US coins. I know I could use a torch but I would prefer not too due to safety reasons plus want to see what mother nature is capable of plus some of the videos I don't think are very accurate as I doubt it could melt a stake of penny's in A minute


Don't know how old you are but please be carefull of what you see on places like Utube or actually any web site. Always stop and think. Note carefully that some of the people that post things are nuts, insane, wierd or just don't care. Remember that if you try something you saw on the internet, those that posted it will NOT come to the hospital to even visit you. Nor will they help pay for your hospital bills.
If someone melted a coin with a Magnifying glass from Sunlight, could have been a plastic coin, a different Sun than ours, on a different planet or the magnifying glass was the size of the Mount Palomar Telescope.
First thing would be to try to find out the value of those coins and/or if someone would want them.
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If someone melted a coin with a Magnifying glass from Sunlight, could have been a plastic coin, a different Sun than ours, on a different planet or the magnifying glass was the size of the Mount Palomar Telescope.


good one! you just made my day thanks!
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