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		kelseyfrog 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US to Stop Producing Pennies in 2026 > You can't melt them down Sure you can, you just have to find an unscrupulous copper merchant to sell it to. Not a difficult task - they've been around for thousands of years.

dehugger 4 months ago [–]

The oldest recorded profession?

defrost 4 months ago | [–]

and North American (possibly) also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Copper_complex

I'd expected older sites elsewhere, but apparently parts of that complex predate copper workings elsewhere (and the Bronze Age (copper and tin metalworking)).

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