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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 3547132, member: 27832&quot;]Hey, I&#039;ve never said that Zincolns were a bad choice from the <i>Mint&#039;s</i> point of view. If the Mint wants to strike billions of them and then stuff them into warehouses, it&#039;s no skin off my nose -- as long as they keep them sealed away from moisture and friction.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Circulating</i> them? So stupid that it&#039;s nearly criminal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Replacing them with copper-coated steel is about equally stupid; they&#039;d still rot away, but at least they&#039;d be producing rust instead of nasty zinc salts. Aluminum alloy would be more chemically stable, at least, although still terribly vulnerable to acids <i>or</i> bases. (Run one through the laundry and it won&#039;t look too good when it comes out.)</p><p><br /></p><p>But they&#039;re <i>all</i> fundamentally stupid and misguided, because <i>they&#039;re all still one-cent coins</i>, which are laughably trivial in today&#039;s economy. Ditch them already.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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