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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 2484431, member: 77639&quot;]Once the value of the metal content exceeds face value, it&#039;s game over.&nbsp; They&#039;d be melted as soon as they came out the door of the mint.&nbsp; There&#039;d be no way to keep up or pay for it regardless of how much &quot;profit&quot; was made from other activities. Even minting trillions wouldn&#039;t put cents into circulation.&nbsp; Every time a billion came out the door, they&#039;d be melted for profit, and the zinc sold back to the mint to make the next billion.&nbsp; If melt value exceeded face by 10%, then for every cycle of a billion cents, the mint would pay $11 million for zinc that they could &quot;sell&quot; for only $10 million. And that&#039;s just the metal, not the even more expensive manufacturing costs.&nbsp; It would be the ultimate, no-limit government handout!&nbsp; All you would need to get it would be an iron pot and a hot fire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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