RSS 2.0 FeedApparently, It’s Not Really Our Money After All
by Doug MataconisJust in case you thought that those coins in your pocket were yours to use as you see fit, the U.S. Mint has other ideas:
WASHINGTON — People who melt pennies or nickels to profit from the jump in metals prices could face jail time and pay thousands of dollars in fines, according to new rules out Thursday.Soaring metals prices mean that the value of the metal in pennies and nickels exceeds the face value of the coins. Based on current metals prices, the value of the metal in a nickel is now 6.99 cents, while the penny’s metal is worth 1.12 cents, according to the U.S. Mint.
That has piqued concern among government officials that people will melt the coins to sell the metal, leading to potential shortages of pennies and nickels.
Unless I’m missing something, doesn’t that also mean that the Mint loses almost 2 cents on each nickel it makes and loses money on each penny as well ? Yea, that makes sense.
One question: Who’s to know?
Comment by Ken — December 15, 2006 @ 11:11 amFrom the article:
“travelers may take up to $5 in pennies and nickels out of the country”
I live on the Tex-Mex border and go to Mexico frequently. There’s a sign you see before entering Mexico that warns you that you can’t take more than $10k out of the country – now there gonna a need another sign that says ‘and only $5.00 of that $10,000 can be in nickels or pennies.’
Comment by John Newman — December 15, 2006 @ 12:54 pm[...] Apparently, It s Not Really Our Money After AllLiberty Papers, CA - 11 hours ago… Unless I m missing something, doesn t that also mean that the Mint loses almost 2 cents on each nickel it makes and loses money on each penny as well ? … [...]
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