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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherd, post: 1435725, member: 24754&quot;]Ya, they couldn&#039;t keep the same size and weight unless they altered the exchange rate of the old change. I suppose we could wake up one morning and the fed would say, &quot;all pennies are worth 5 cents, all nickels are worth 50 cents&quot;. Then it would take a couple of years to get most of the old change taken out of circulation and converted into newly minted, correctly marked coinage. Something like this wouldn&#039;t be unheard of, when mexico moved the decimal point one place in their peso everyone&#039;s coinage increased in value by 10x overnight (coin hoarders got lucky).</p><p><br /></p><p>Problem is, the penny sized nickel wouldn&#039;t be of use in vending machines, as most currently are not capable of taking pennies. There would also be a transition period for vending machines to be recalibrated for the new exchange rates. In the end though, it may make economic sense to do something like this, it&#039;s not a horrible idea.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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