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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 803138, member: 66&quot;]Fabricating cost for the clad strip is much higher and the die life is lower so more dies are needed to make the same number of coins.&nbsp; Also the mint has to figure in wear and tear on the blanking equipment.&nbsp; (Yes the wear and tear on the blanking equipment is figured into the price of the cent planchets as well, but the clad material is harder on the equipment so costs are higher.)&nbsp; This results in higher cost per coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A point I&#039;ve made for years.&nbsp; We always compalin about the ugly low relief on our coins.&nbsp; It IS possible o have higher relief coins again, all you have to do is eliminate the cent.&nbsp; Then you can turn all that surplus capacity over to production of the other coins.&nbsp; With that many more presses turning them out you can run them at a slower speed and still make as many coins as before, but with the slower speed there is now more time for metal flow and higher relief becomes possible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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