If the Mint stopped making Lincoln cents...........

Okay. So that means the Mint will start sucking funds instead of generating them. What will be the repercussions of that?

I'm not so sure the answer is clear.

Will production of the 5 and 1 cent coins halt just because of that? I once heard the Mint Director say on the nightly news last year that "customers still want and like the cent coin, so we keep making it" or something to that effect. He didn't mention that other coins make up for the cent and nickel production costs (and that helps us keep the derned things in production!). Hmm...

 

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