Make Gold And Silver Pennies [13+]

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

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Make Gold And Silver Pennies

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ahahahahah
i sold one for $20 to some freshman at my school
By Zellthos 1171511411 Reply Spam [+42] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~3756987~~
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- OMG
  i hate chemistry but i love what u did man....
  pffffa...
  By aas1986 1178007870 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~5246401~~
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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 Reply Spam [+7] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~4258607~~
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I found this
... pretty interesting, indeed. Thanks!
By Private Jones 1171426576 Reply Spam [+3] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2702952~~
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then you could sell them
maybe you could sell them at a pawn shop as if they where gold lol
By N3xaR 1178508337 Reply Spam [+2] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~5305686~~
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Buahahahahhahahahaha
NOW I CAN BE RICHY RICH RICH. :D
By coolio41 1177090211 Reply Spam [+2] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~5114264~~
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- cool
  me 2
  By coolio41 1177090230 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~5114264~~
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Measurements?
I can't quite get the measurements righ for the water drano and galvanized nail. Can you help?
By TieDyePlatapy 1171912435 Reply Spam [+2] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~4435280~~
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the gold (to me)
looks more like a green

but again thats just me; its still a cool video
By falcoflier 1171509890 Reply Spam [+2] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~4040617~~
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- so wait
  you can't make it green?
  By joebob88 1204103086 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~8112528~~
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makes pennies look cooler
maybe if you make them all gold color people wont throw them on the ground like garbage.
By surfr725 1171431327 Reply Spam [+2] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~1081837~~
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Nice!
Great video, I'm going to go try this now, thanks for the great tutorial!
By styropyro 1204765234 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~6665786~~
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we dont have drano...........
will you give a list of other things to substitute drano ? thanks
By tylerhrules 1224946604 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~10308128~~
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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 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~9473272~~
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Did this in Chemistry.
I did my first penny right, but melted the second one....
By BigKuhr 1181800714 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~3629384~~
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awesome
kool
By Dontamiorocks 1177774853 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~4050207~~
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?
does it work with engliash pennies as well as cents
By rikyd 1176933979 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~3462346~~
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DAM
i already knew that but u already made a vid of it dam

By DogBeast 1175012766 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~1643086~~
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woah
after u BURNED the coin wut did u drop it in?? (wuz it water??)
By fauxpeanut 1173420646 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~4484186~~
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- yes
  it was
  
  By DogBeast 1175012786 Reply Spam [+2] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~1643086~~
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5stars
cool
By JhonCena and BigShow 1171611446 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~4175575~~
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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 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~1519724~~
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- 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 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~8503036~~
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- Just keep in mind...
  The sacrificial penny must be after 1982 if you want that zinc.
  By Howie_D 1211131054 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7367474~~
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will this work....
with any other coins such as dimes quarters and $ coins???
Plz reply!!!
By inuboy330 1209728733 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~8160288~~
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- no it won't
  it works with anything made of copper
  By tylerhrules 1224953856 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~10308128~~
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substitute pennie
does the cooper pennie have any substitute? i am from europe ..

pleeeaaaaase ;)
By wukoo 1208825256 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~8640871~~
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good but...
I have a great alternative to this!

use gold
By superant10002 1206711645 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7630539~~
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- Gold and Silver Pennies
  Hi there. What alternative do you have to the cool penny tricks?
  By shaka74 1239677598 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~1073845022~~
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wow...
thats cool, im going to go make some now, alot of em,thanks
By Bazil stagg drummond 1200020789 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7386351~~
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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 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~4913188~~
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Bingo
Thats what Metacafe is all about, very interesting 5 stars
By hardman2c 1198445348 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7140523~~
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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 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~5665767~~
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...
is it illial to vandalize money or ruin it? im just wondering.
By loves-to-vid 1185080770 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~5883872~~
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- 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 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~6357001~~
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- 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 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~6858210~~
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vERY COOL
VIDEO. I'll have to try that.
By Dman883 1171455588 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~899240~~
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Coolness man
*****'s from me.

Does this only work with copper coins?
By Howie_D 1211130917 Reply Spam [-2] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7367474~~
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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 Reply Spam [-2] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~5333856~~
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