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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drago the Wolf, post: 1288171, member: 22476&quot;]Nope. Germs can NOT live on coins for very long, as U.S. coins are made mostly of COPPER (except the cent, but the cent is STILL copper-plated, but I&#039;m still not sure how effective that much copper is) and I have read that copper is a natural bateriacide, so it actually kills the germs on the coins, I would guess. But the germ issue is also a good reason to go to polymer banknotes as well, just like Canada is doing. And we really should have a U.S. $2 coin, and a circulating half, as well. But then, unless the cent were eliminated, we would need an eight-coin slot cash register drawer. 1c, 5c, 10c, 25c, 50c, $1, $2, junk/spare coin roll slot.(Actually, they could keep spare coins somewhere else, but that just clears an eighth spot up for a justifible $5 coin as well. Do you know that they say $5 bill actually have a way shorter lifespan than $1 bills on some government sites? I find it hard to believe, but if its &quot;government, it must be right, right? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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