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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;treylxapi47, post: 2030596, member: 41863&quot;]I am just curious how much the government actually makes off of the difference in manufacturing the coins versus the face value. </p><p><br /></p><p>It shouldnt cost much more than whatever it costs to make a penny, to make a quarter, right? and yet the quarter is 25 times the face value of a one cent piece. In other words, I cant see our government making pennies and nickels at a loss, and if they arent, there isnt that much difference in manufacturing a dime from a quarter, from a half dollar, and there should be HUGE profits from this process. I mean like the government shouldnt ever be broke if for every piece of coin the make, there is a profit, and even by a factor of 25, 50, 100. </p><p><br /></p><p>The other thing no one ever mentions with this is the paper currency. Again, I dont see the government (or whoever) manufacturing a $1 dollar bill at a loss. So for instance, say it costs $.60 to make a $1 bill. Well that same cost should apply to the $100 bill (minus design costs and plates, etc). So where is the other $99.40 going? I never hear seigniorage mentioned with paper money, but the same principle applies as if it were a coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some one, some where manufactures our dollars and cents. They take raw materials and either print or press the needed money. I just want to know why we are broke, if there is already profit, and from my eyes an exponential one, on every piece of money that we make. </p><p><br /></p><p>Can anyone explain this to me? How can our government be $17 Trillion in debt, when they controlled the manufacturing process. What is the true value of the cost of manufacturing $17 Trillion dollars worth of money, and where is the very real difference in the manufacturing cost versus the face value?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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