Is there a way to remove the copper from a zinc penny??

It is an interesting idea. With the melting point of zinc so much
lower than that of copper it sounds feasible. I'd like to see the
resulting hollow cent.

You do not need to melt to get a hollow cent.
You just need a mild acid. Take a copper
coated zinc cent, scratch it in four or
five place on the rim, and put it in vinegar.
The zinc will dissolve long before the copper,
resutling in a copper hollow cent.


Best Regards, Bob Johnson

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In a recent message WheatPenny wrote:

[Default] On Fri, 12 May 2006 21:09:01 GMT, "note.boy"
climbed to the top of the minaret and
sang out:


"The Space Boss" wrote in message
oups.com...

PC wrote:


And then sold on e-Bay.

L@@K !!! RARE ERROR COIN!!!

Oh I HATE it when they do that. AS IF anybody's going to put "L@@K"
into the search engine!!


Many do put L@@K into the search engine but it's done to exclude all
auctions that include it. Billy


But if you exlude every one that begins with that, there won't be
anything left...

Not so - you'll just find mine!!!!


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On Sat, 13 May 2006 11:50:08 +0100, Tony Clayton
wrote:

In a recent message WheatPenny wrote:

[Default] On Fri, 12 May 2006 21:09:01 GMT, "note.boy"
climbed to the top of the minaret and
sang out:


"The Space Boss" wrote in message
oups.com...

PC wrote:


And then sold on e-Bay.

L@@K !!! RARE ERROR COIN!!!

Oh I HATE it when they do that. AS IF anybody's going to put "L@@K"
into the search engine!!


Many do put L@@K into the search engine but it's done to exclude all
auctions that include it. Billy


But if you exlude every one that begins with that, there won't be
anything left...

Not so - you'll just find mine!!!!

Actually, there would be quite a lot left over. "LQQK" and the like
are usually used as empty hype words, and the quality of the
merchandise may be dubious. I've never used "LQQK" and can't recall
having ever bought anything so hyped.

Padraic.

la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu
ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu.

"Padraic Brown" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 13 May 2006 11:50:08 +0100, Tony Clayton
wrote:

In a recent message WheatPenny wrote:

[Default] On Fri, 12 May 2006 21:09:01 GMT, "note.boy"
climbed to the top of the minaret and
sang out:


"The Space Boss" wrote in message
oups.com...

PC wrote:


And then sold on e-Bay.

L@@K !!! RARE ERROR COIN!!!

Oh I HATE it when they do that. AS IF anybody's going to put "L@@K"
into the search engine!!


Many do put L@@K into the search engine but it's done to exclude all
auctions that include it. Billy


But if you exlude every one that begins with that, there won't be
anything left...

Not so - you'll just find mine!!!!

Actually, there would be quite a lot left over. "LQQK" and the like
are usually used as empty hype words, and the quality of the
merchandise may be dubious. I've never used "LQQK" and can't recall
having ever bought anything so hyped.

Padraic.

la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu
ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu.

At one time there were so many Jack Nicklaus £5 notes listed on ebay that I
had to do a "-jack" search in the banknote section to get rid of the dozens
of listings. Billy

On Sat, 13 May 2006 19:42:25 GMT, "note.boy"
wrote:

At one time there were so many Jack Nicklaus £5 notes listed on ebay that I
had to do a "-jack" search in the banknote section to get rid of the dozens
of listings. Billy

Searching by "-L@@K" does a pretty good job of weeding out the less
than serious sellers too!

Padraic.

la cieurgeourea provoer mal trasfu
ast meiyoer ke 'l andrext ben trasfu.

"The Space Boss" wrote in message
oups.com...
Is there any way to "melt" the copper off of a zinc penny, so that you
just have a regular penny made out of zinc?? I know you can file the
copper off, etc., but I'm talking about removing the copper in such a
way that the coin doesn't look crappy that it looks like a nice coin
that was minted that way??

No, but you can melt the zinc from outside of the cent. Make a small nick
in the copper jacket, down to the zinc. Heat with a butane torch until all
zinc is melted out from the nick. There you go. Zinc melts BEFORE copper.
I've done it a dozen times.

Jonathan