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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 1604493, member: 68&quot;]The nickels will not be worth their metallic value until the government legalizes their destruction.&nbsp; Their primary value is as chill scrap in the production of various alloys but they can&#039;t be consumed in sufficient quantity to create demand unless they are legal to melt.&nbsp; They will probably be legalized within weeks of their withdrawl from circulation.&nbsp; As the government hoard starts into the furnaces and ladles so will privately owned coins. There are very few exceptions to this rule.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The cost of making nickels and pennies is so high that they have to be protected by fiat.&nbsp; Cents probably cost upward of three cents to make and each time a penny is removed this cost is incurred to replace it. Of course zinc and copper pennies will disappear gradually as they are melted illegally.&nbsp; The law isn&#039;t really intended for small scale melters like hobbyists and sculptors and many won&#039;t even know (or care) it&#039;s illegal.&nbsp; Very few people would have either the means or the need to melt nickels.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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