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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 372874, member: 68&quot;]Of course they lose money.&nbsp; Money is how we keep score and if material and labor exceeds the value of the product then real wealth, real value has simply evaporated.&nbsp; They took fuel that could have been used for useful purposes and mined the zinc.&nbsp; They used equipment that could have made important products to roll and plate the zinc and then they wasted the mint&#039;s capacity to make the coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, we do need the nickel to operate the economy but we don&#039;t have to have a nickel that is made at a loss.&nbsp; Even if it weren&#039;t important to save the money the simple fact is that with a coin worth more as metal than as currency we are walking on egg shells; what happens when people start hoarding them?&nbsp; How does a store make change without a nickel?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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