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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Petee, post: 1374083, member: 36123&quot;]The article I read mentioned steel as a possible alternative. The guy who was being interviewed (a treasury official, I assume) specifically stated that getting rid of the penny is not being considered at this time. I&#039;ll see if I can dig it up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit--the one I read was first, another from NPR added. Google news search &quot;coin&quot; and there are a bunch. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/15/news/economy/pennies_nickels/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/15/news/economy/pennies_nickels/" rel="nofollow">http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/15/news/economy/pennies_nickels/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/02/15/146952764/obama-seeks-to-change-change-shift-looms-for-pennies-and-nickels" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/02/15/146952764/obama-seeks-to-change-change-shift-looms-for-pennies-and-nickels" rel="nofollow">http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/02/15/146952764/obama-seeks-to-change-change-shift-looms-for-pennies-and-nickels</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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