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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SPP Ottawa, post: 1528883, member: 39508&quot;]In Canada, our own government (through the Royal Canadian Mint) has been removing large amounts of pure nickel coins from circulation since 2004, as part of the Alloy Recovery Program (ARP). Of course, the nickel is then used for plating the newer coins, rather than hoarding. No perceivable coin shortages, but seeing pure nickel coins in circulation is getting to be fairly uncommon. More about the ARP here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.mint.ca/store/dyn/PDFs/CP2012-16%20-%20RCM.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mint.ca/store/dyn/PDFs/CP2012-16%20-%20RCM.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.mint.ca/store/dyn/PDFs/CP2012-16 - RCM.pdf</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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