UncleVinnys
Bronze Member
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."
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."