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Those of you who are coin collectors, or at least old enough to remember the 1950s, will know that in 1943 the United States minted its pennies using steel rather than copper. This was done because of a WWII-related shortage of copper. I remember saving them as a child (they now sell for about 20c each on eBay). In 1944 copper pennies returned, but in 1982 the core had to be changed to zinc because copper was too expensive to use (you may notice that these pennies are about 20% lighter than the old ones).
I had heard rumors that because the price of copper and zinc has quadrupled in the last 5 years (in dollar terms), there is a risk that U.S. pennies might be melted down for their copper and zinc content. This past week Lew Rockwell's blog featured comments by Congressman Ron Paul about a bill presently before Congress that apparently would authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to mint steel pennies again.
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Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. From the biggest online destinations to the most obscure blog, Digg surfaces the best stuff as voted on by it's users. Its a place of people to collectively determine the value of content.
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Employee Happiness Kit
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Phyllotactic defect in corn kernels
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Kernels on a cob of corn, showing an interesting phyllotactic defect where regular columns of kernels suddenly make a checkerboard pattern and then revert to columns again.
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In botany, phyllotaxis or phyllotaxy is the arrangement of the leaves on the stem of a plant.
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Alotta Brownies
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Bakery in Arlington, Nebraska
402-478-4600
Monday - Closed
Tuesday through Friday - 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Saturday - 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
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