US Mint again looks at cheaper coins

[UncleVinnys]

The US is again taking up the issue of cheaper coins, citing
for example the 1.7-cent cast of making a penny, and the 10-cent
cost for the nickel.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/5611692.html

"A House subcommittee chaired by Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., convened a hearing Tuesday on a proposal to change the composition of both coins. Republicans and Democrats like the concept, particularly its promise to save taxpayers $100 million a year by using cheaper metals at the U.S. Mint. If the legislation clears the House and Senate and President Bush signs it, you could be plucking steel pennies off the street before year's end."

 

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[Charlie P. (NY)]

They should make them out of political moral fiber. Can't get cheaper than that.

 

[Ken from Atlanta]

plastic? maybe we can just use acorns or shiny rocks....those would be cheaper.

 

[muleskinner]

Political moral fiber? Isn't that one of the scarcist elements there is?

 

[chrisplay2004]

I vote replacing nickels with pull tabs, pennys with buttons, for dimes we could say toy cars, quarters with old bottle caps...HH LOL
8)

 

[UncleVinnys]

Good one, ChrisPlay!
Why with pull tabs alone I'd be a millionaire!

 

[truckinbutch]

Public moral fibre is quite abundant.Problem is that it is so thin,like cheap toilet paper,that you can't put much faith in it fulfilling it's job.

 

[RHoward]

Another $100,000,000 for the Iraq war!!!

 

[firedup]

American money Made in China

 

[RHoward]

American money Made in China

Instead of United States of America on the back it will say Made in China

 

[erikk]

No, Americo

 

[SgtSki in MI]

Another $100,000,000 for the Iraq war!!!

A hundred million for Iraq!!! That's not gonna do much

Heck I'm only an E6 and i've spend $753,281,890.72 just on funding the construction projects I'm responsible for developing and tracking. And that's just me and two other people in one unit. A hundred Mill is chump change over here. heck this is costing 12 Bill....per WEEK.

So everybody get the libs and the media to look the other way for a few months so we can knock some sense into these non-committal jokers in line over here so they take charge of their dang country and we can get outta here......my great grandkids are gonna be paying for this one and they won't even be born for at least 20 more years!

And no, just picking up and running away from this place and leaving it hanging isn't gonna cut it, despite what HillyBilly and Barack Osama say along with their fellow commune residents.

Besides, I just talked to KBR and they said we couldn't go home yet because there's still quite a few nickels for them to milk out of this place yet.

ON THE SUBJECT OF THE POST:

If they change the composition, then does that mean that they're gonnna lift the melt ban on pennies and nickels? I have 2-quart beer growlers full of copper pennies and nickels just waiting to get turned in.