Turning a Quarter Into Copper

I make a copper quarter

#shorts

[_Just_Another_Guy]

This brings back memories of highschool chemistry experiments.

[joelmiddaugh]

"That'll be $1"
"Okay"
Hands over 4 quarters
" Uhhh sir, I said $1, you just handed me 4 large pennies with George Washington on them."

[MrSerrano]

It's a shame that the copper flakes off after some time. Wouldn't it be nice to have copper quarters indefinitely.

[estebanmolina]

*Explains all the science behind it*

“And then it magically changes”

[cyanimation]

what's blowing my mind is how the particles get rearranged but it still has all the details

[NoodleProductions]

Fun fact: Quarters were made of silver before 1965, but the government started making them out of copper after that because silver became too expensive.

[jd_my]

I love how monotone this man's voice is whenever he gets excited.

[jdcesk]

After seeing you scrape the copper off I would like it if you would actually expand upon this and show what's underneath and what the final coin can end up looking like.

[Toyosi]

That double-boiling effect feels like you've just crafted something from a game.

[powerstation]

This dude has like, hundreds of videos and not a single one of them are boring. They are ALL neat and interesting. Like how

[jellysauce]

Imagine trying to buy something with these very real coins only to get arrested lol

Edit: Ok I understand these can't actually be used can every other commenter please stop telling me now for the sake of my sanity

[jp]

Is this considered "defacing currency"?

And this is probably why the USD is higher than CAD. You guys are still using copper in your coins!

Oh wow more than one person thought I was serious about the choice of base metal having any relevance to the value of the currency relative to other currencies. You god damn amoebas.

[christopherr]

We literally did a lab just like this in chemistry but with a penny.

[CrustyUgg]

His laugh is adorable. He loves what he does 🥰

[futurepastnull]

"Quarters are mostly pennies but are actually nickels on the outside" is what I heard

[TheRealMrMagic]

So if you flake off the top layer of copper and do it again could you eventually extract all of the copper leaving a hollow quarter of burnt nickel alloy?

[spiderdude]

Also, fun fact:

Pennies made before 1982 are made of 95% copper and 5% zinc, whereas after 1982, all pennies were made of 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper. This is due to the fact that the price of copper has inflated to 4 times it’s original price over the last 10 years, making pennies made of copper not economical to produce. At the ratio of copper to zinc that existed before 1982, one penny took 2.2 cents to produce.

Also, if you ever want to test the age of a penny but for some reason can’t make out the date on the coin, you can scratch the surface and drop the penny into hydrochloric acid. Pennies made after 1982 will have a large zinc core with a thin layer of copper. This will cause the exposed zinc on the scratch to bubble and produce hydrogen, while pennies made before 1982 will not react since they are mostly copper which is impervious to HCL.

[suavilica]

Wow, that makes a quarter twice as much valuable.

[stevenjohnson]

Doing this expirement and then taking them to a bank is a good way to mess with the bank teller.

[Irreverent_Radiation]

Pennies: Are made of zinc covered with copper

Quarters: Are made out of copper covered in nickel.

*Why?*