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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;eddiespin, post: 8280590, member: 4920&quot;]They make 10X more money forging dimes than cents provided the operating costs are comparable. Speaking from the point of view of operating costs, they&#039;d probably be better off forging quarters than dimes. Just doing the math, modern dimes weigh 2.268g, while quarters weigh 5.670g (<a href="https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/coin-specifications" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/coin-specifications" rel="nofollow">https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/coin-specifications</a>). The weight of modern quarters is 2.5X that of dimes. That&#039;s a 5:2 ratio, meaning you&#039;d have to forge 5 dimes for every 2 quarters. Provided that&#039;s higher operating costs for the dimes than the quarters I&#039;d think it would tilt the scale toward forging quarters over dimes, unless other variables would subsume the analysis, in which case those variables would have to be figured in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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