David Johansen
you can look metal content of american and canadian coins on coinflation.com
"Therefore, the U.S. citizens [citizens of the District of Columbia] residing in one of the states of the union, are classified as property and franchises of the federal government as an "individual entity." Wheeling Steel Corp. v. Fox, 298 U.S. 193, 80 L.Ed. 1143, 56 S.Ct. 773.
your person is company property, they are just doing there job of ACCOUNTING.