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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scyther, post: 1707411, member: 42170&quot;]Attempt?&nbsp; I think I was quite successful if I do say so myself.&nbsp; What does YN stand for?&nbsp; Young Noob?&nbsp; I find the word noob rather immature.</p><p><br /></p><p>The nickel melting ban makes sense, although I don&#039;t like it.&nbsp; The penny one needs to go.&nbsp; The economic value of copper is twice what it&#039;s being utilized for in coinage.&nbsp; There are plenty of zincs already.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think there would be a coin shortage if they legalized melting them, and if there is, either make more coins or just give up already.&nbsp; Canada just eliminated the penny.&nbsp; Many other countries have too.&nbsp; The nickel has less purchasing power now than the half cent did when the dollar began, and <i>much</i> less than the cent did in 1900.&nbsp; We could get by without the penny just fine.&nbsp; Interest wouldn&#039;t need to be rounded, unless you withdraw it every year.&nbsp; They would still keep track of it to the cent.&nbsp; Only in cash transactions would rounding be necessary.</p><p><br /></p><p>I doubt there&#039;s much profit in gleaning the tiny bit of copper off of zinc pennies.&nbsp; It isn&#039;t silver.&nbsp; And if need be, a rule can still be in place against that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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