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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drago the Wolf, post: 1435694, member: 22476&quot;]Guys,</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that many people have said that halves were too big for vending machines, and people also agree that the U.S. cent should join the Canadian cent in the &quot;Coin Graveyard&quot; (or woud that be, the scrapyard <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ) and then there is the problem with the U.S. nickel costing too much to mint. Well, I do not think that changing the metal composition in the nickel (or the cent for that matter) will help too overly much, so I have proposed an idea. Three ideas actually.</p><p><br /></p><p>Idea #1 Get rid of the U.S. One Cent coin completely, EXCEPT, still mint them for collectors, including mint sewn bags to be sold at a premium that is so high, that it makes &quot;cents&quot; to still mint them, for people who might want to collect or goof around and spend a few cents around town, having a cashier thinking &quot;Where am I going to put these things in my till?&quot; :too-funny: :devil:</p><p><br /></p><p>Idea #2 Redesign, and resize the nickel to be the size of, or maybe even, a little small than the cent used to be, but still noticibly bigger than our current dime, and make it out of a cheaper metal. Maybe even reverse the dime-sized coin to be the new nickel, and have the new cent-sized nickel be the cent-sized dime, in order for these coins to be worth less than their face value in melt value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Idea #3 Redesign and resize the half dollar to be the size and weight of the nickel to save on minting quarters, and the amount of metals used in minting halves.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure, this would be a big cost to vendors, so we might as well throw in a $1 bill redesign into the mix, just to update ole George&#039;s dang look, as long as these companies will be tearing their machines apart, to make adjustments for the new coinage to be accepted and dispensed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I know it would take a while for people to get used to these changes, but, maybe the cent should be done away with, and the nickel should be made the size of the dime, the dime, the size of the cent, the quarter the size of the nickel the half the size of the quarter, and the dollar could remain as it is. Or maybe, space the sizes of ALL U.S. coins out a bit so that, with this new system, we KNOW what denomination we are dealing with.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, thats about all I have to say on the matter for now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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