Make Gold And Silver Pennies

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Copper, Silver, Gold, Pennies, Coinc

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Turn pennies from copper to silver then to gold with a few household chemicals.

  1. By: kentchemistry.com
  2. Categories How To, Science & Tech
  3. Views 120,622
  4. Added :14-Feb-07
  5. Related Link: Mr. Kent's Chemistry WebPages
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  • ahahahahah

    i sold one for $20 to some freshman at my school

    By Zellthos 1171511411
    • OMG

      i hate chemistry but i love what u did man....
      pffffa...

      By aas1986 1178007870
  • Wow

    I never would of thought of that (then yet, there is a lot of things I would never have thought of) but that is pretty cool, I bet you will get a lot of money useing producer rewards with this.

    By im2short2die 1171418900
  • I found this

    ... pretty interesting, indeed. Thanks!

    By Private Jones 1171426576
  • then you could sell them

    maybe you could sell them at a pawn shop as if they where gold lol

    By N3xaR 1178508337
  • Buahahahahhahahahaha

    NOW I CAN BE RICHY RICH RICH. :D

    By coolio41 1177090211
    • cool

      me 2

      By coolio41 1177090230
  • Measurements?

    I can't quite get the measurements righ for the water drano and galvanized nail. Can you help?

    By TieDyePlatapy 1171912435
  • the gold (to me)

    looks more like a green

    but again thats just me; its still a cool video

    By falcoflier 1171509890
    • so wait

      you can't make it green?

      By joebob88 1204103086
  • makes pennies look cooler

    maybe if you make them all gold color people wont throw them on the ground like garbage.

    By surfr725 1171431327
  • Nice!

    Great video, I'm going to go try this now, thanks for the great tutorial!

    By styropyro 1204765234
  • same thing as electroplating

    a double displacement reaction with aqueous nitrate or sulphate

    By UofTchem 1260156474
  • now this is a noteworthy break through

    Obama won the nobel peace prize for just talking about wanting to make changes.

    You've changed copper to gold.

    Obama 0 - You 1

    Run for the presidency in 2012 and you have my vote.

    Good Job.

    By legendary_typist 1257473994
  • we dont have drano...........

    will you give a list of other things to substitute drano ? thanks

    By tylerhrules 1224946604
  • Woah! is it really gold?

    Or is it just the chemicals making the surface or color of the metal a different color

    By zeek981 1217444426
  • Did this in Chemistry.

    I did my first penny right, but melted the second one....

    By BigKuhr 1181800714
  • awesome

    kool

    By Dontamiorocks 1177774853
  • ?

    does it work with engliash pennies as well as cents

    By rikyd 1176933979
    • yes.

      it woks with euro cents but not sure about english pennies

      By GYROHULLU 1281015336
  • DAM

    i already knew that but u already made a vid of it dam

    By DogBeast 1175012766
  • woah

    after u BURNED the coin wut did u drop it in?? (wuz it water??)

    By fauxpeanut 1173420646
    • yes

      it was

      By DogBeast 1175012786
  • 5stars

    cool

    By JhonCena and BigShow 1171611446
  • Where...

    Can one just buy the raw Zinc Metal and Sodium Hydroxide. I tried it with a galvanized nail and Drano and it didn't work.

    By Pax_Imperio 1171607763
    • Yes...

      You can find zinc and sodium hydroxide on ebay for good prices or any chemical supply shop.

      Also...check the local hardware store for drain cleaners that contain lye or NaOH (both are sodium hydroxide).

      Another source of zinc is to sacrifice a penny using a torch until a glob of metal drops from it...that glob is about 95% zinc and can be ground down after it cools for better results.

      Electrolysis of zinc to the penny also works great 8o)

      By zephalis 1208574695
    • Just keep in mind...

      The sacrificial penny must be after 1982 if you want that zinc.

      By Howie_D 1211131054
  • will this work....

    with any other coins such as dimes quarters and $ coins???
    Plz reply!!!

    By inuboy330 1209728733
    • no it won't

      it works with anything made of copper

      By tylerhrules 1224953856
  • substitute pennie

    does the cooper pennie have any substitute? i am from europe ..

    pleeeaaaaase ;)

    By wukoo 1208825256
  • good but...

    I have a great alternative to this!

    use gold

    By superant10002 1206711645
  • wow...

    thats cool, im going to go make some now, alot of em,thanks

    By Bazil stagg drummond 1200020789
  • hey thats cool

    yea i actually did this in my freshman class....its so cool..but one problem, you really cant get these chemicals as house hold items...but i would be cool if you found another way to make these with out them

    By Dr. Freeman 1198446195
  • Bingo

    Thats what Metacafe is all about, very interesting 5 stars

    By hardman2c 1198445348
  • thanks

    very interesting im trying now as we speak, seems to be working, wonder what i ca do with it when its done

    By dionysus2008 1195695809
  • ...

    is it illial to vandalize money or ruin it? im just wondering.

    By loves-to-vid 1185080770
    • is it illegal to vandalize money?

      technically it's only illegal to alter or destroy paper money, because paper dollars are backed by the gold reserve. coins are technically bought by the banks and you buy them from the banks in exchange for dollars.

      By broncodan 1188495270
    • mmm... no

      sorry but paper dollars are not backed by the gold reserve, if you read a dollar it says "this is legal tender" which means that the actual paper is worth that amount plus the tax, we merely borrow the dollars from the federal reserve bank, so because they are not ours we cant destroy them... yeah that sounds about right.

      By stonedog87 1198477217
  • vERY COOL

    VIDEO. I'll have to try that.

    By Dman883 1171455588
  • Coolness man

    *****'s from me.

    Does this only work with copper coins?

    By Howie_D 1211130917
  • Hello

    Tell me where u live plz, so i can report u to the federal government and get ur ass lock up. This is illegal.

    By LiL-JunK 1198314832
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