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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 4802297, member: 66&quot;]Haven&#039;t heard anything like that, do you have a source?&nbsp; It would be a good idea though, the sooner the better.</p><p><br /></p><p>What will happen to the ones in peoples hoards?&nbsp; They will sit there.&nbsp; Or they may get taken back to the bank, they will still be legal tender.&nbsp; Those taken back will eventually work their way back to the Federal Reserve and eventually get melted down.&nbsp; Just like all the previous obsolete coinage, large cents Indian heads, Shield, V and buffalo nickels etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>A buy back program?&nbsp; No, no need for one since they are still legal tender.</p><p><br /></p><p>Will they lose value?&nbsp; No more than they already have theyare so common they have no premium value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Will people melt them down?&nbsp; Only if copper gets high enough in price that after scrappers discount from spot for alloyed copper it would be profitable to do so.&nbsp; That would need to get copper to $6 or $7 a pound.&nbsp; Currently I think it&#039;s around $2.30[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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