US Nickel Composition may change soon

[squirrel1]

House bill seeks change to 5-cent composition

Proposed legislation could change the Jefferson nickel in 2027 to nickel-clad zinc, reducing production costs while keeping vending compatibility.

www.coinworld.com

 

[fwcrawford]

Crap…. Another zinc coin to deal with!!

 

[Picketwire]

Corroding coins. What could go wrong?

 

[BigTony]

So we will have another VDI for nickels soon.
I would prefer they used a smaller clad coin, how about bringing back the half dime? Same weight as a clad dime only stamp it half dime!
Wow,sometimes I have cool thoughts……must be the two libations I had tonight….ha ha ha

 

[Picketwire]

Fiat currency always reverts to its intrinsic value.

 

[Dr. Dirt]

Pretty soon, they will making coins out of petrified turds.

 

[hawgdawg]

I posted in the " Oldest Case in the Canyon " on here ,,
The story was about stolen payroll from many moons ago. The payroll was buried,, and never found . The area is now national grounds ,, and no hunting , digging , etc,, because of federal lands now .
Point is ,, the government would rather the loots stay hidden,, than anyone find it ,, and the .guv have to pay a finders fee.
So , with these disintegrating coins ,, is just a way the .guv keeps us from coming across a few untaxed cents.
Yea ,,, I know ,,, just a far fetched assumption,,,,

 

[Flintstone]

I posted in the " Oldest Case in the Canyon " on here ,,
The story was about stolen payroll from many moons ago. The payroll was buried,, and never found . The area is now national grounds ,, and no hunting , digging , etc,, because of federal lands now .
Point is ,, the government would rather the loots stay hidden,, than anyone find it ,, and the .guv have to pay a finders fee.
So , with these disintegrating coins ,, is just a way the .guv keeps us from coming across a few untaxed cents.
Yea ,,, I know ,,, just a far fetched assumption,,,,

I think they try and find it , with bigger toys than we can get. That way they can keep it all.

 

[north1]

Crap. I have bags full of copper cents. Now I am going to have bags filled with copper/nickel nickel’s. When I kick the bucket my kids are going to think I was REALLY crazy.

If I get diagnosed with a life threatening illness I think I will go to a few local parks and just spread them throughout. Give detectorist’s a chance to find real money. Okay….maybe that would actually piss off a lot of people.

 

[hawgdawg]

Crap. I have bags full of copper cents. Now I am going to have bags filled with copper/nickel nickel’s. When I kick the bucket my kids are going to think I was REALLY crazy.

If I get diagnosed with a life threatening illness I think I will go to a few local parks and just spread them throughout. Give detectorist’s a chance to find real money. Okay….maybe that would actually piss off a lot of people.

I've got at least 2 ,, 5 gallon buckets damned near full of mixed change ,, thats not counting the 1/2 gallon likker bottles ,, and other jars full of pennies and assorted change .,,etc ,, I'm scared to try and pick them up ,, I'm really scared the buckets bottom will bust open from the weight . 4 1/2 gallons of change is pretty damned heavy. I've actually got them sitting on a 2x10 spread across at least 3 -4 joists in the floor ,, so they don't fall thru the floor .
Do like I'm gonna do ,,, save all that till it's antiques ,,, it might not be in your or my time , but for your grandkids,, that's what I'm doing .
But the government will probably outlaw having change , like they did gold in '33 ,,,

 

[Odanscoils]

I think it's about time I start making bullets out of pennies and nickels.

Corbin swage presses do a nice job.


I feel sending Lincoln and Washingtons face at mudslums in defense when they attack to be quiet gratifying.