davidlhyde63366
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Just glanced at that article, sure hope they don't go with this option:
Three other potential alternatives under consideration for the 5-cent, dime, quarter dollar and half dollar are:
➤ C99750T-M — potentially seamless, developed jointly with the National Institutes of Standards and Technology, at 50.75 percent copper, 14 percent nickel, 33 percent zinc and 2.1 percent manganese.
........as that would turn nickels, dimes, quarters, and half dollars into Zincolns too !
Been dropping my half eaten zinc pennies in my potted plants i have heard some zinc is good for plants.
With increased inflation the metal content will be much MORE than the number printed on it and probably already is for the nickel and penny. It's past time to quit making and using pennies and nickels.With increasing inflation you can bet the metal content will be worth much less than the # printed on it. In a few years time even the felix pennies will be worth much more than a penny and might cause a "change shortage"
With increased inflation the metal content will be much MORE than the number printed on it and probably already is for the nickel and penny. It's past time to quit making and using pennies and nickels.
With increased inflation the metal content will be much MORE than the number printed on it and probably already is for the nickel and penny. It's past time to quit making and using pennies and nickels.
With increased inflation the metal content will be much MORE than the number printed on it and probably already is for the nickel and penny. It's past time to quit making and using pennies and nickels.
Agreed. I'd kill off the dime too. The American public pretty much hates pocket change. They don't want the dollar coins, and did they ever use halves? Only the quarter shows any significant acceptance. Changing the alloys reduces the costs slightly, seems like a joke solution.
Machines that take coins will still take quarters, no alterations needed. Stores will eventually change their registers to "round up" or "round down." They have time, the existing coinage won't just disappear instantly if they stop making it.
$2 coins, $5 coins, $10 coins, does the public want them? I know we do, lol!
But coin-op machine vendors probably don't, and certainly not "phased in" so they have to alter their machines multiple times to stay current. Lots of machines take bills now...but not all...
Bills are relatively cheap to produce...but don't last as long as coins, I wonder which works out as a "better value" in the long run...?
What size would they make new coins? Have to be new and unique -- can't have a US Nickel working as a fake $10 coin...needs to be visually *and* tactilely unique... Surely someone at the mint has already figured out what they'll do if they ever decide to do it...