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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 2043541, member: 16729&quot;]Yep.&nbsp; And in South Korea, they finally made melting-down coins a crime in 2011, after stories circulated of people turning the country&#039;s copper-based 10 Won coins into ingots.&nbsp; Prior to making coin smelting illegal, the people involved could only get pinched for violating &quot;waste disposal ordinances&quot; resulting from their smelting operations.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m sure the Bank of Korea was up in arms over this behavior:&nbsp; After all, it cost them 38 Won to produce each 10 Won coin.&nbsp; As a result, they changed the coin in 2006: It became smaller (18mm), and they turned it into a copper-coated aluminum coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now it only costs 22 Won to make a 10 Won coin(!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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