melting a penny the quick and dangerous way

[EthanJM]

Wow people are all such pansies, acting like drones crying about how he broke the law. He melted a penny... Stop acting like the kid from grade school pointing their fingers and running to the teacher.

[sheldon176]

pennies from 1909-1982 are 95% copper anything after is zinc

[QuicksilverdotFX]

@sheldon176 Wrong. Several pennies in that year range has considerably lower copper. One year is actually steel.

[sheldon176]

@QuicksilverdotFX i know that the in 1943 they made steel pennies theoretically speaking you know for 1982 and before its copper mostly 

[smokey23112]

melting a penny on an alluminum can?!?! wuuuuuut never heard of it

[MrNenni]

You expected the DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO BUST IN??? Maybe the FBI or others, but the DEA

[laurence1305]

@MrNenni you've clearly missed the first comment, his room looks like a meth head lives there. That's why the DEA would come in..

[adamjkel7]

Pennies from 1909-1982 are 95% Copper. Pennies from 1982-present are 97.5% Zinc. There was a mixed amount of Copper and Zinc pennies made in 1982 do to the transition, you need to weigh them to tell the difference, copper pennies are heavier.

[GameSkate360]

I think I saw zinc smoke.

[early1991baby]

If you wanna make money from melting pennies you need pre 1982 pennies because those are made of like 99% pure copper. The ones after that are only like 2% copper the rest zinc.

[mattg889]

I'm surprised the can didn't melt.

[Aaronchi123]

try fucking focusing correctly. the camera thinks your focusing on the watch.

[bottomlands]

lol, retard

[jamesepulveda]

want is with bat in background

[bestgamer2112]

people who cares its a penny they are usless

[manny298]

OMG do you know you are going to have the TSA people going to your house now?

[electricrockr]

that looks so dangerous

[simbolicboston]

breaking a law? defacing money

[simbolicboston]

i thing thats breaking a law? defacing money?

[sucrey101]

@simbolicboston its not against the law. its only against the law if you try to spend it afterwords.=) what about those crank things at the zoo?

[Timmay123456789]

@sucrey101

up here in canada, they ask us to flatten american pennies, since it's illegal to deface our own money. I think its even worse in the US

[simbolicboston]

this guy was bored.. Thats breaking a law i think?

[newtubetubetube]

Fuck you. I could have write many arguments why your video is awful, why your scam is stupid and why you are such a idiot. But those two simple words resume all of this way better then i could write otherwise. ☆☆☆☆☆

[toadsEATbugs]

lol it's not tin it's zinc and you just posted 4 comments saying it's tin, if it was tin inside it would be worth about 5 cents :P

btw aluminum melts at 660'C and it's a pretty thin layer, and when i tried this the zinc and aluminum melted at the same time

[SuperJonirenicus]

You know he did not melt copper its tin that he was melting! you can melt tin by putting it in oven at 241 degrese

[MrLonelyStoner]

Someones not to good at math. your goin to 47 1/2 cents NOT 48 1/2 lol NOOB

[yoyohoes]

how do u make a profit from melting pennes and if u do tyr melting alot at a time

[mrios328]

@yoyohoes the penny is worth 1 cent. the copper used to make that penny is worth more than 1 cent.

[SuperJonirenicus]

@mrios328 wrong! Its not copper its tin.outside is microscopic layer of copper and on inside its tin!

[drinkmoresoda]

@SuperJonirenicus its zinc!

[andymoores1993]

i have that lighter :')

[bofeesnuts]

damn your place is dirty.  you need to clean that shit up.

[toadsEATbugs]

the aluminum would have likely melted first

[Atriticuss]

@toadsEATbugs zinc has a lower melting point than aluminum

[toadsEATbugs]

@Atriticuss Yes but the penny is coated in copper which melts at a much higher temp than aluminum

[SuperJonirenicus]

@toadsEATbugs Its tin. the copper is just microscopic layer and tin only has 231C melting point and aluminium has 1322 melting point theres big diffrance!

[SuperJonirenicus]

@Atriticuss well duhh thats why people make brass

[guns4good]

You realize its a federal crime to melt US currency to profit from it's metal content...right?

[TrueRoach]

@guns4good

LOL do you think he really cares about the law i'm sure their are alot more laws hes breaking just look at his house he needs to securely lock his door with a long steal pole to keep it budge shut and his blowtorch is actually for his drugs. haha lol

[guns4good]

@TrueRoach LOL! That's harsh, mate... Funny, but harsh. ;-) I was just being silly when I made that comment. I'd do it, too. Only not in a crackhouse. LMBO!

[chandlerbeckhoff]

crusty crackhouse O_O

[MrKaddan]

you're taking a loss of 47.5 cents rite?

[5150gamer]

you could smoke some wicked bowls with that torch

[58spartan]

the dangerous way is with a grenade launcher 10 m-80 and 2 sticks of dynimite

[quickshooter100]

Your a fucking mental case!

[isaahJOEL]

This is a crack house.. lol

[RaynisticalAllstaR]

now lets see the melted coin in close up view. *picks up can*

*EEEEEEYYYYAAAAAAAOOOO!!!!!!*

[lukevash]

so this is how you fix your crack?

[Michiganftball42]

sweet security system on your door

[AUTiger727]

when crackheads get bored. episode 1 "penny melting"

[GOLDDEAGS]

crackhead

[snitchboy12]

Is that your crack lighter?

[marybob321]

It isa crack house

[bottomlands]

1,That penny is made of zinc, not copper. so it's not worth 2 and 1/2 cents.

2, 50 minus 2 and 1/2 doesn't equal 48 and 1/2.

3, Your room looks like a meth head lives there.

[rjgreat06]

@bottomlands pennies made 1982 and back are 95%copper and other 5 zinc you burn the penny tap it and the zince runs out then all copper

[darkfox356]

@bottomlands actually all pennies before 1982 are made of about 95% copper and 5% tin, all after are made of about 97.5% zinc and a small 2.5% copper coat. From 1944 to 1948 the U.S. Mints took the copper shells they had used for WWII, Melted them down and used them for pennies which were composed of 100% copper for those years. rjgreat06 get your facts straight it's 5% tin and how does that make sense you tap the penny and the "zince runs out" the TIN is mixed all in around to the penny

[bottomlands]

@darkfox356 Pennies have NEVER been 5% tin, they haven't been 100% copper since before the Civil War, "shells" aren't made of copper, they're made of brass (copper/zinc alloy), which is what pre-1982 pennies are made of , and since he melted it on an aluminum can, it HAS TO BE a post-82 zinc penny since coppers melting point is 700 degrees higher than aluminum, so the only thing you got right was the composition of post-82 pennies, which obviously already knew. lol another retard.

[darkfox356]

@bottomlands look it up i did guess what they do have 5% tin. I collect pennies so go shove a molten penny up your *** don't call people a retard when your wrong!

[bottomlands]

@darkfox356 According to usmint dot gov, I am right and you are still a retard. The fact that you collect pennies is only further proof.

[SteveMcPilot]

@darkfox356 Wait a minute. most of the pennies from those years are made of steel. They needed the copper for munition manufacturing

[darkfox356]

@SteveMcPilot only 1943 pennies were made of steel. Look it up

[jtvhacks1977]

@darkfox356 except the few that was made from copper and worth a shitload of money

[redogy1]

@bottomlands pennies made before 1982 are made only out of copper.

[bottomlands]

@redogy1 So you're saying you know more about the content of pre-82 pennies than the US mint? lol another fucking retard.

[thevideovlogger]

@redogy1 Pre-1982 pennies are 95% Copper and 5% Zinc... 

[shasha1873]

@bottomlands LOL... very well said.

[bobabc1234567890]

@bottomlands 50 minus the 1 and 1/2 profit is 48 and 1/2. Or 50 cent loss on the butane plus the 1 cent for the penny is 51, minus the 2.5 cent profit is 48.5. Think before you speak.

[magicdevil97]

u live in fuckin sqllow... and im a redneck

[FloatingTube]

@LOLITSJACOB he substracted the original worth of the peeny smartass

[Cstrife234]

If you want free gas to melt stuff, consider methane harvested from waste (excrement + organic materials).

[RingLord3]

I would defiantly do this outside. 

[Chaospaz]

if u used the tip of the flame would have worked quicker, you should know that since it looks like uve made some ghetto blasters in your room, i have too when the blunt wraps run dry lol

[LiquidChem]

just use a fresnel lens and melt copper all day for free.

[JJMcLein]

Lrn2Math

[xXBallistic82Xx]

I kept waiting for the D.E.A. to kick in the door.

[Saltydog55252]

@xXBallistic82Xx lol

[Chrisfragger]

want to hear the saddest part. Zinc isn't worth shit and there's virtually no copper in pennies any more. You aren't melting a true copper penny with that torch lighter either.

[Zachofey420]

Thats soooooooooo ........not cool

[rearwheelslider]

Too bad you just melted a Zink penny worth nothing. Not even a cent in its weight. If it was pre 1982, it would be copper and theres no way you could melt that.

[mlacey56]

LOL the description made me crack up

[yuyupb]

make n some good crack huh!!!

[6joshh6]

Apart from killing urself by starting aluminium fires, posting this vid on youtube wasn't a smart move...

[pennysarecute]

You god damned penny melter why do you melt them damn idiot moron.

[pennysarecute]

Poor penny

[DannyWilsonsLaundry]

there is actually a bill (not being persued at this moment that would allow for the melting of pre1982 pennies. If it passes one day.....this would be legal. Besides, if you don't tell anyone and have a massive amount of pennies. You could get away with it.

[zobidobi]

Try still some butane so you don't waste your own on melting pennies for profit =.=.

[zobidobi]

@zobidobi steal

[fatfortuna]

Drunken Smaked Up Bum Get a Job.

And you need to clean your gaf you scum bag.

[fatfortuna]

Drunken Smaked Up Bum Get a Job.

And you need to clean your gaf you scum bag.

[entoris476]

you just broke the law there

you could go to jail

[75SilentWarrior]

Destroying American money is illegal you retard. Only the government can.

[mrsheen72]

he just broke the law time to report him

[MafiaWars23]

lol that he did

[pennysarecute]

Poor penny

[PsnKabar6]

your house is a fucking dump

[GoldenMurderer]

zinc isn't that profitable, pennies are made out of about 98% zinc and 2% copper.

[huttonism]

not for pennies made before 1982. They have a 95% copper content

[coteya]

not old pennies

[timetraveler3797]

Need to use free material to burn (like grass/wood/old plastic/tires/grease...) and melt in mass to be efficient enough for profit.

[MysticalHedgehog]

I want to burn stuff

[DetoxRogue]

isnt 50 - 2.5 47.5 ?  not 48.5 ? :)

[lukkbox]

lol

+ 1p for the raw materials, the penny, you donut lol

[nimnot18]

50 cents of butane + 1 cent initial value of penny - 2.5 cents gained from selling zinc = 48.5 cents of loss

[libtechsk8er]

I once melted a penny while holding it with a pliers, and the zinc inside melted, but the copper shell stayed in tact. I kept heating it, and it exploded! I assume I got it so hot that I boiled the zinc, which made it rapidly expand. I burned a small hole in my pants, but I was lucky not to get injured.

[onaitsabes21]

this was dumb... you need to zoom in more! not really...

[Legendation]

See that watch at the background? MELT IT!!!! XD!

[redtailedpython]

thats a hoax. the flame would actually turn green from the copper casing

[Ma77hew]

no, a green flame would only exist if the copper on the penny had copper ions present in the form of an oxide of chloride or sulfide... since none were present the flame doesn't turn green

[theflash555]

A lot of pennies aren't really copper anyways.

[ToiletAssassin]

clean your room !

[definca]

Aren't the fumes from ZINC TOXIC ???

[Ma77hew]

no, only if you heat it to the point where the zinc "burns" into zinc oxide... that butane torch isn't really hot enough to do that, and the amount of zinc oxide would be so minute that it would not affect you

[chrissypoo90]

Your taking a loss of 50 cents since you didn't do shit with that penny. BTW, that looked too shiny to have been made before 1982 (assuming jedi is correct and that is the year they switched).

[wheelnutt]

How the fuck you gonna melt copper in an ally can?

[jedi1357]

Pennys made after 1982 are zinc with copper plating.

[hiyutoday]

clean up your room!!!

[bambam4LSU]

LOL crack pipe lighter...............

[MKUltraProject]

maybe if you melt enough pennies you could buy a fucking hoover and carpet shampoo you live in squaller

[Chapstick050]

47 1/2 cent loss, not 48 1/2

ha (:

[MrPyroninja]

is it a triple flame torch?

[cjellwood]

it is still legal tender

[goldwell11111]

cool

[aasdfasfdasfd]

the background looks like a crackhouse.

[spikehosinski]

@aasdfasfdasfd that explains the can and torch lighter

[chachas21]

@aasdfasfdasfd that is a crack lighter too

[quinnweller]

@chachas21 It's a jet lighter.Using it for crack will melt the pipe.

[chachas21]

@quinnweller mybad i ment herion lighet wait? wtf? whatever you put on a spoon and melt it then put it in a needle thats what i ment .... whats that drug called?

[quinnweller]

@chachas21 Heroin i think.

[mindharvester]

@aasdfasfdasfd in deed in the getto

[EtownMurderJunkie]

@aasdfasfdasfd lmao

[cresidue]

The only way to "profit" from melting pennies, is to melt all copper pennies which are minted prior to 1982!!

[mitchellberry]

i'll bet you smoke a lot of weed don't you

[pshinspections]

FOCUS.

[mpwelk]

I suggest you figure out a way to melt garbage instead.

[pheniox547]

@mpwelk BURN!!! XD

[ZaoHuZhua]

Get a penny post or pre 1983 those are 100% copper. Plus I took some tin with the 78' penny and it turned to brass!!

[dakkenly]

after or before 1983? Lol.

[ZaoHuZhua]

1983 or before. Tehe.

[phsycomusicpower]

i wonder y u have a jet lighter

o wait i know

[summersender]

lol you think your funny. stfu

[phsycomusicpower]

screw u dumb ass

[summersender]

yeah fuck you do bung hole

[minyguy]

u do know what STFU means right......?well its not a good thing to say

[summersender]

i know what it means and they were trying to be funny and making fun of my friend. saying the jet lighter is for weed. now you no why i said stfu? and it has nothing to do with you so back off

[17aKaT]

What salvia? lol

[noelnoelz]

y is your house so dirty n messy?

[summersender]

cuz his can be. its his room. like your room isnt stfu.

[PyroFreakDJ]

haha

[gli96187]

Sorry to tell you but you are wasting your time melting pennies, the pennies minted these days are mostly zinc with a thin outer plating of copper. I think you would do better off with copper wires or rain gutters. The nature of the recycling game is volume, like stuff in the pounds and the ton so see come kind of profit.

[YamiPoyo]

Why does the can not melt?

[stfuboy]

The jet lighter can probably melt a penny at the temp it goes, and alluminum has a higher melting temp

[silverbud]

What a fine joke if he only had a decent burner and a real copper coin, so the coin would have fallen through the can leaving a whole mess.

But maybe he had heard that American pennies seem to be made of tin alloys. So maybe one succeeds to chew some pennies together! ;-)

[stfuboy]

98% zinc then copper coated

[SuperSexySamba]

Actually I believe they are primarily zinc.

[firedude201234]

just remember melting and selling copper pennies or any coin of united states currency is illegal and will result in considerable jail time and fines

[SuperSexySamba]

So melt some pesos instead!

[dakkenly]

Destroying anything currency wise but a penny is illegal.

[GolemShadowsun]

oh year, he will get lifelong

[dantesblackrose13]

*47 1/2 cents

[devilsinthedetails]

No, 48.5.  Don't forget the penny.

[dantesblackrose13]

Ah, tha'ts right, my bad =]

[scorpionboxer]

you melted it into a dime

[death37654]

the pocket torch lighter

[12gravediggers]

crack heads

[TheSecretSword]

Stupid dipshits like this are the assholes that burn down your apartment building and you lose everything in life, including your life because this piece of camel dung is a crackhead and decides to melt a penny while waiting for his "Hook up". Filthy crackhead.

[TheSecretSword]

Crackhead.

[ProffesorChaosesFile]

how do you make a profit from that

[bdog197681]

Looks like a crack head enviorment. I mean heroin. Where is your spoon and needle junkie,

[TriasTheBetrayer]

The quick and dangerous way is the only way to do things.

[mashersmasher]

how on earth did you melt the coin before the can?

[TheSecretSword]

It's called heat dispersion. The aluminum is lighter and thinner then the copper and the aluminum, therefore creates a heat sink effect. But this guy is still a crackhead.

[regould22]

The coin melted before the can because zinc melts at 419C and aluminium melts at 660C. Note that a penny made of copper would melt at 1084C. It it had been a copper penny the can would have melted first.

[brierejoe]

actually, a cent minted before 1983 comprised of 95% copper and 5% zinc melts at exactly 1,981 degrees F.

[bryanj2u]

shit i thought u were melting that on a axe can.

[silverbud]

But why should it be illegal melting coins? The metal value is much less always, and the central bank produces as much as the market requires. The central bank makes profit, by the way through the coin production.

Besides, it is not illegal to hide ones coins either, haha

[IsmokeParliaments]

It is illegal because it induces inflation. Imagine if I took a billion dollars worth of pennies at face value, melted them down and then sold the copper for 2.5 billion dollars. I've effectively introduced 1.5 billion dollars into the economy, thus lowering the value of everyone else's money.

[silverbud]

There are a few mistakes in your reasoning.

1. The central banlk does not produce coins creating losses. The material is always less valuable.

2. By selling copper, you don't introduce new money, it is there already. It is always the decision of central banks to release money through interest rates.

3. It would be an enormous effort to bring together all the coins, would cost enormously.

4. the coins are cheaper than copper, they are not of copper. in Germany they are even only coppered iron!

[IsmokeParliaments]

I agree with your first statement. It would be idiotic to produce coinage that held a face value of less than what it cost to produce. However, (and to rebut your 4th point) United States pennies minted before 1982 are made entirely of copper. Apparently at the time copper was cheap enough to warrant this.

As to your third, I agree. It would be quite an effort, and would probably prove worthless to gather $1 billion in pennies. I only used such large numbers to drive the point.

[devilsinthedetails]

Depends on the year. Pre 81/82 are copper.

[cfalien]

lol right, and if you do what obama does and ads 3 trillion dollars....

Screw that, govt spending causes inflation. It's the govts fault for spending 2.5 to make 1.