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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 3124566, member: 68&quot;]It wasn&#039;t just you that made me mention Niagara Falls, or your lack of proper disguise.&nbsp; It was the fact they shut it off in the late-70&#039;s or early-&#039;80&#039;s to clean it up and got six or eight large dump trucks full of coins out of it.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is a minor cause of attrition since even medium sized cities like Memphis get a truck load of coins per month out of their incinerators.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>O course it&#039;s predominantly pennies because pennies are a liability rather than an asset.&nbsp; They are garbage new and they are garbage until they are destroyed through neglect or misfortune.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Every year 10 million old cars get recycled and each averages about 20 coins in it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Not many are recovered until after they go through the shedders or crushers. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coins just don&#039;t have much value any longer and a driver won&#039;t pull over to search for a quarter dropped under a seat.&nbsp; It costs this much in gas and wear and tear to stop so it&#039;s a waste of time and money.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some people literally toss pennies in the trash to avoid the liability.&nbsp; I&#039;d applaud them except the government just makes more pennies to replace them.&nbsp; common sense doesn&#039;t stand a chance just as common cents doesn&#039;t (don&#039;t) stand a chance.&nbsp;&nbsp; The toxic little slugs accumulate everywhere no matter what we do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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