How Many Pennies to Cast a Sword? 

But by posting it on youtube he profiting by it?

Then it is contradicted in of itself because of the fact that it was used for entertainment. I wonder what the ruling on it is.

I heard ulamog eats pennies for breakfast... but emrakul can stomach nickels 0.0

AJ Gallego last time I checked she was stuck in a damn moon.

@@DylanSlater-tu7hy Your problem in court would be that the actual law doesn't include that provision. The law prohibits the raw material obtained from currency being physically exchanged for profit beyond the value of the original currency. The key there is physically. As long as he's not selling the actual copper for profit, profit from the video is in exchange for the creative, educational, and entertainment value of the content and is not prohibited by the currency law.

Ha! Nice!

His top hat actually had a hidden circular blade under the rim, so that if thrown it would cut into anyone who is in the way.

@@atomicwinter31 SPEEDWAGON

@@jrovy3807 IS THAT A JOJO REFERENCE?!?!?! Lol

@@carlosfuentes9807 lmao Lincoln was a jojo reference

LuigiHorror 64 lol

That would be funny if HTME successfully purchase something with that.

@@theclickening6668 .......meh I'd accept it as legal currency the copper alone is worth that much probably, plus if my boss gives me any crap about it i just threaten to throw "money" at him. Who, without hearing the details, would pay ANY attention to a threat of throwing money at someone?

You’re not allowed to use them for profit! 😂

@@bubblesharrison2110 Not allowed to sell the metal in the pennies for a profit. No one said you couldn't use it profitably, otherwise banks would be violating the law.

5 dollars pre 1982 lol

EVERYTHING

They all put their two cents worth in.

About tree fiddy

$5 you buffoon

*Penny Sword *ATK 200 *From 'that' corner of the Internet, you know the one.

Coin sword? Mor like Micro Transaction Sword. (Bad joke) (Enter the Gungeon has the Micro Transaction Gun DLC for real currency that shoots money in-game)

Every kill = 1 penny

@@FluffyEnbyneering *yes*

@@kyokeekyo3234 every kill=50 coin

From there WALET

YOU play teeraria ? Minecraft? what do you play? and wjar game have that affect

Diablo 2 😁

But only copper coins

some one from no where +XX% Gold is a pretty popular effect

*finally i can keep these pennies to myself self* stomp stomp *What the hell?*

@@Mariocat99 finally they can’t take the pennys any more *pulls out penny sword*

"I smelt pennies"

I would cast bullets with them. Which, im already thinking about doing. Even the zinc ones would make ok plinking ammo.

@@chillsy_star there is enough copper in a junkyard

Right, i havent been got by a play like that in a long time, it was well shot.

Me too.

16:15

David Gerritzen is that a lincoln assassination joke

Lol Damn y did I read comments before watching the.vid all the way

Peggy_Penguin it’s illegal to melt down pennies and nickels for their metal content so it is illegal actually bec he’s melting it down to use the metal content so. Although I’m not sure as to the context but I think as long as you don’t try to profit off it then it might and I mean just might be legal unfortunately. Or what he said in the video XD

As he discussed in the video, there are a few reasons what he is doing is not for profit. However, I would argue this IS illegal because he is producing an online video that will make him revenue. He did this solely for the money.

He would be arrested here in Brazil. It's considered a crime against nation's property.

y’all realize pennies are monetarily useless right?

@@odachikazane3741 incorrect, it's illegal to deface any currency that would result with it being taken out of circulation...for example, drawing on a bill is not actually illegal so long as you do not try to change it's value, or abscure it's serial number. but the complete destruction of a coin would result with it being taken out of circulation.

Oof

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Oof

Darn. I wanted to win. Now you will.

Meaty Elastic Limph Node

Yeah Jon, where's my l a s a g n a

Minecraft Engulfed Leard

M-MOMS E-EAT L-LASANGA

addblock is the answer ! i havent seen ads on youtube for like 5 years now :D

If only adblock could skip sponsored shit, but then again i like free content.

@@jailbreaker1214 just press the right arrow on your keyboard a few times to skip them or if you are on mobile double tap the right side of the screen

I think you guys read his comment backwards. Try again.

If not ads, who pays?

I just watched this at the same hour... spooky

16:14 arhhhhh my !!!

Very strange... I’m also watching this at the same time but 5 months difference

2:00 am

1:28

Yup.

yeah my fuckin heart stopped

My heart fell into my stomach

@@NataliesChatalie lmao same

That was crappy of him. Bad joke.

I sense buzzfeed derps

@@dimitrijenovakovic7942 -your nose is broken-

@@EchoHeo So is you sense of humor

@@homosexualgayming9706 so is yours

@@EchoHeo fair point

Fun Fact - You cannot smell solid metals, you can only smell what is on the metal's surface. On almost all coins you can smell oils from people's skin. This fact changed how i see metals as a whole. I say solid meals because metals have TOXIC fumes that you should definatly NOT smell.

The blod of your enemy or your own?

+etherious natsu dragneel The blood if the one to ask the question.

+Caitlin Wilson *of

Good! Plz kill fast for no distraction later on

"Hands cashier One sword and two daggers made of pennies."

Welp the next episode is: This HTME and were here in prison teaching you how to make paper knives. Crossbows and improvised prison weapons.

Wrong you use a shiv to shank someone

@Nikolaus Lihrs I wanted to post that

Yeet

its called shiv

Joseph Anderson holy shit you are right

"I'm Jamie Hyneman and this is Mythbusters."

penny

Penny

pENNY

P E N N Y !

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Maxjoker98 We already have the Prisonshank Channel for that.

@@DASSAMWASHERELP lol theres a prison chank channel !?

Hmmmm? They'll need that prison shank. Just a little illegal to destroy currency isn't it?

@@kelleymiller7738 he just said it isn't only if he doesn't earn from whats left of the coins.

Just go watch The Modern Rogue for all you prison weapon needs

Yeah! Hahaha

Stolen item

Insert first comment on popular channel that I know

Wtf was plex doing here 😐

Same

yah I was likeee ahhhhhh! youuu dickkk! XD

Same too

i jumped cuz i was falling asleep there 😅

I was getting a drink when he said that and I was freaked out

and the propane and the sand and the wood

Would you say Perfect for the holiday season?

@@maheswaraakram2216 whooosh

actually increased the value

Hahaha :D Good one!

Mykhailo Hohol you get big ass letters

yo I was thinking that

You start with a copper short sword so probably yes

@@gabrielhenson5751 you start with a 5€ weapon fighting against floating demon beasts

Yaaaasss

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@Kevin Anderson More concerned about how they'd go through with it, would need a biig temperature and forging a sword purely out of paperclips without doing some sort of damascus technique sounds like a living nightmare

@@zazi5305 uuuhhhhhh you do know steel is half iron right?

@@zazi5305 in fact steel averages around 97% iron.

Great idea!!! The person running the bank will definitely not pull out a gun to prevent him from robbing the bank

He needs to round up a posse with Lances so they can charge the security guards.

@@torresfishingFL the owner of a bank doesn't stop robbers that's the cops and security job

Actually...they definitely won't pull out a gun to stop the bank being robbed. Banks typically comply with robbers and give them what they want, and leave it to the cops to catch them. Their accounts are insured, and the amount a robber will make off with is far less than the amount they could have to pay for lawsuits and such if anyone gets hurt. They want the robber gone, simple. A dead or injured employee or customer is far worse than losing a few thousands, or even tens of thousands, that's insured anyway. Bank robbers almost always get caught before too long anyway. If they actually rob just one bank they could conceivably escape justice forever, but that rarely happens. Somewhere between the third and the tenth time, they almost always get busted, and the game is over.

Yea but then he's using the casted pennies to make a profit.

周华炀 I did

AHHHHHHHHHHH I understood that reference

No please no

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PERFECTION

Mayonnaise

Toothbrush, not a comb. ;)

Ha. Scratch

William Schrimsher Thank you

Yes, I think he misspoke.

Saying "the atoms got closer" is grade-school level understanding, which considering he seems to teach mostly grade-school students, makes sense why he'd say it like that. I mean, *technically* the atoms ARE getting closer, arranged in disarray, but yeah. @@stevenrwh

I have no idea what you just said but it sounds smart, so I'm gonna believe you XD

To simplify what Wil said, basically imagine that a metal is made of crystals. Remember clevage planes? Yeah, those weaken the metal, so you want something that prevents them from sliding. Work hardening forces another crystal oriented in a different direction in the slip planes way, making it harder for the planes to move, causing the bult metal to become harder

To simplify what Wil said, basically imagine that a metal is made of crystals. Remember clevage planes? Yeah, those weaken the metal, so you want something that prevents them from sliding. Work hardening forces another crystal oriented in a different direction in the slip planes way, making it harder for the planes to move, causing the bult metal to become harder

This is correct except one minor thing. You are reducing surface area of crystallites but increasing surface area per volume. This is called work hardening and many metals exhibit this phenomenon. Copper and its alloys are probably most known for it but titanium and many stainless steels all-so work harden, making them quite difficult to machine.

Nope only if he sells the copper for profit.

I think it's just profiting from the metal. Like he could sell the sword for profit because it's the effort that went into making it, not just the copper, that gives it its value.

@@LuckySketches He couldn't sell the sword because then that person could sell the copper for raw copper value. Making the sword for yourself is fine, and profiting from the creative, educational, and entertainment value of the video of it is fine, that copper just can't physically change hands for profit.

@@rumpustime5460 If he sold the sword and the next person sold it for copper that's not his fault.

​@@LuckySketches Well yeah it is because he smelted copper from pennies and then allowed material from currency to enter circulation at a higher value than the currency it came from.

Garry Reyom I don't get it

@@bennettt5380 oof

Rivets are easy to make compared to swords

Riveting is a lost art? Allow me to introduce you to aircraft maintenance.

@@HekateMGO what he means is people have started using screws and adhesives more commonly in recent history

except abe wasn't that honest

HAIL ZANZIBAR Obviously. No honest man is loved, especially not enough to have memorials erected on their name. Honesty hurts, it often isn’t good to tell the truth.

If he makes a sword putnof quarters its George Washington's sword of freedom

​@@TonyisToking I get why you think so, but really... that is such BS.

The handle is made of a nice tan wood from a cherry tree.

Like 20k probably

Based off what they offer me; about 1000$ per ad break so 3 or 4k probably. Then again i'm not nearly so advertiser friendly.

@@theCodyReeder Damn, thanks for the transparancy. Love your work

@@theCodyReeder What new adventures do you have planned for this year? (videos)

What’s MEL mean to you?

gotta make money somehow, just sayin'

and illegal, as he is using the video of him destroying federal currency for profit.

@@clintonleonard5187 It is not illegal to destroy federal currency it is only illegal to alter it to make it look more than it is worth

laughing and typing this on my youtube premium

@@clintonleonard5187 He's not making money off the metal, listen from 2:45

i agree but with the snowflakes from the internet it could backfire

@@danielborbolla4677 Wtf are you even talking about

@@danielborbolla4677 Shoulda used vegan hotdogs.

that legit scared me the first time I saw it.

martin brajkovski I always wondered if it is actually possible. Not actually slaughtering 2000 people, but doing a massive donation drive getting the blood. Or maybe get a hospital give you their excess blood (blood has a limited shelf life, so to speak).

What if sword vampire?

Sounds like a hero sword..

@@LetsTakeWalk This channel have a video of that If im not mistaken!

Sufficiently advanced made a blood sword before

same

He had me for like 2 seconds there. I was like. What!?!?!

my stomach twisted for a solid minute afterwards just thinking about it

I looked in the comments to see if anyone else did this right away.

ikr i jumped

😑

Cody's Lab explained it better, he used 24k gold foil and a weight. :) Everything is better when you're looking at something shiny though.

God thank you, this made me unnecessarily mad when they said that.

Garret Jacobs shut up

You aren't increasing the density, you're actually increasing the density.

Bruh 😂

Mums Eating Lauren Man Eliminating Ligma Mice Eradicating Lice Marlboro Editing Logos Mangos Equally Long

@@cerberushunter1448 whats ligma

Pedro Pooter _ligma balls_ XD

That's great moms earning loot

Random Things 225 Copper shortsword XD

same, my butt puckered for like 100 milliseconds

You've been gnomed

My hotdogs

@@slartbarg "My butt puckered" is my new favorite phrase

IKR?? scared the crap out of me ;;

@AT22 comeon man you getting free entertainment here, you can sit trough 1 min of advertisment. some people

NileRed is awesome and definitely deserves some love and sponsorship from MEL... on the subject, I would definitely enjoy a NileRed/HTME collaboration... HINT HINT lol

@@John-lx8iu totally agree! How about a YT dream team? HTME, NileRed, Cody's Lab and (the now America-based) Alec Steele!

@@ljk8059 That could be fun... HTME & Cody can source the materials and smelt some steel that Alec can forge and NileRed can make the Ferric Chloride (or similar) to etch the finished product...

《 LJK 》 you totally forgot Nerd Rage....

5 dollars and some time in federal prison!

And hundreds of dollars for the tools

@@JackassCass457 only if you sell them.

@@anonmouse4357 No its illegal to destroy federal currency on camera.

@@ZazairS7N except pennies

same

I said "Jesus Christ"

same

On god i got goosebumps idk why

Poor hot dogs

In NZ, we got rid of 1c and 2c coins about 30 years ago, and 5c coins about 5 or 10 years ago. Makes things so much easier!

Not worth tax dollars

@@KristijanKL It's a sketch. I don't see how he's in any way taking advantage of them.

My expensive lab

@@KristijanKL Oh, yeah I get that viewpoint but if I were to sponsor someone I would probably only expect to see the advertisment on the channel, not that Matt (or whatever his name is) to do it. In my opinion It's a whole other thing if Beyonce were to be sponsored as her character is her whole image, this not being the case for this RU-vid channel I don't see a problem.

Chapzer YO! My dad watches that show!

And after we'll test the sharpnes by cutting a whole pig in half.

It will keal

I'll TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK

Also in prison!

Robert Webster ILL TALK YOUR ENTIRE STOCK

Hi, My name is Robert Webster, and I am here with Flex Sword.

SHUTUPANDTAKEMYMONEY

the copper is too

But you can't sell it because it's illegal

too bad it's illegal to profit from it

@@revolusionotaca so, does that mean he could theoretically sell it for the amount of pennies he used to make it?

How whould the government ever know if you profited from it?

Perfect name.

I like the comment, but why would Lincoln weild a sword made from his own melted faces?

_Why not?_

The sword to chop a nation in half

@@keatoncrandall2471 The statue would...

He can kill for the money

@@sovietww2radiooperator141 *with his money

@Infinity Sim the feeling is mutual. You especially

*How ye destroy me money!!!*

The fact is that the law isn't clear, and the law that you mention (cite?) isn't relevant, so while it may be true, I'm ignoring it. There is a general rule prohibiting exporting, melting, and treating one-cent coins. 31 CFR 82.1. Clearly the portion of the rule against export doesn't apply. There are exceptions to this general rule under 31 CFR 82.2. There is an argument to be made that this use doesn't qualify for an exception to the rule against melting or treating one-cent coins under 31 CFR 82.2(b) or (c)(2). Under this theory, it wouldn't qualify under sub (b) because sub (b) refers to the "treatment" of coins, which, according to the Treasury's supplementary guidance, refers to things like a science teacher experimenting with a single coin or a child putting a penny into a penny press. 72 FR 18880-02, 2007. Unless melting down $5+ worth of pennies is considered "treatment," he can't claim an exception under sub (b). That leaves exceptions under sub (c), which exempt melting from the general prohibition if it meets 3 requirements. One of those requirements, under (c)(2), is that the melting of the coins is "merely incidental" to whatever activity the individual is doing. Clearly, the entire point of this activity is to melt down coins, and therefore this activity would not exempt him from the general prohibition on melting one-cent coins. This is legal information and not legal advice. You can check the cites and read the relevant law for yourself. At the end of the day, you're right that no one really cares and I highly doubt he would ever get prosecuted for this. At the same time, try to check your law a little more thoroughly before you (probably unintentionally) spread false information. In any case, this is a pretty interesting legal question that, like most interesting legal questions, doesn't actually matter in real life and exists mostly as a hypothetical. Hope this comment was interesting and helpful~

Hu whell shit im just going to delete my coment now

this video is monetized so he is profiting

How would they even find out

@@user-sl6ou3qb9l Posting a video of you doing it on the internet.

Don't do it. 😱

@@TheUltimateMachineGod i thought the point was to make a sword out of pennies🙀

Was actually looking for this comment

He probably didn’t slash dead animals for a season because he stubbed his toe.

IT WILL KEAL

Nooo I was going to make this joke

*pulls out sword* NOT TODAY

i swore i read *"penises"*

@@MrBraffZachlin i swore it read "small" too

@@supermario12295 lolol

Not a Gladius, gladius is a Roman sword while the one in this video was a xiphos, a Greek sword

KenKaneki __981 most easiest learning

*AAAAAAAAAAAH*

Ah, beat me to it

Lmao

Im your 100th like :)

A lot of murders who committed brutal gory murders when confessing and telling their stories, when they describe what it was like to be around all of that blood they say it smelled like pennies or a jar of pennies or pocket change