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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 8515059, member: 19250&quot;]I do believe that your observances on&nbsp; zinc cents is correct... however I feel that attitude towards them</p><p>Is justified by older collectors because of the cheapness of the coin.</p><p>Collectors my age have issues with the composition of US coins after 1969.&nbsp; As the money got cheaper collectors lost interest in collecting coins that were made from composition other than silver and copper. </p><p>Not saying world coin collectors in the US didn&#039;t exist in the 1960&#039;s and 70&#039;s but unlike European and other countries the main focus in the states was US coinage.</p><p>I do believe that as time went on ...air travel became evey day to the everyday person not just upper class and business class...more world collecting became popular here in the states. </p><p>Now Ill probably be crucified for my next statement but even as a collector the time for the cent,half dollar,and dollar coin to go!</p><p>Working in retail food for 4 decades I can assure you the needs for&nbsp; coins in a retail setting today is no where what it was 10&nbsp; to 20 years ago...</p><p>As a store manager I place an order for coins twice a week. Cents through quarters...to count a 100 dollar bank for a cashiers pan. </p><p>That was durring a time when cash checks were the major payment methods used.</p><p>A check took 5 to 7 days to clear...now a days you write a check hand it to the cashier they stick it in and run it then hand it back to you. Its treated like a debit card. </p><p>What I find amusing is that even in modern retail terminals no longer cash registers as most transactions arent cash... still have a cash pan that has compartments for cents-dollars ,as well dollars- $100 bills. Yet half the pan is empty...why 99.9% transactions are eletronic ...theres no need for cents.The Candians saw this coming years ago... doing away with...</p><p>The Federal Reserve bank of Richmond, Baltimore branch&nbsp; has a under ground vault loaded to the max</p><p>With bags of $1 coins...that John Q Public refused to use...yet we mint more every year.</p><p>A total waste to mint coins that will never be used...</p><p>With the pandemic&#039;s these days one would surprised that majority retail customers no not care to handel money any longer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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