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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2082053, member: 27832&quot;]Hmm. I was ready to mock the assumption that coins would demand a significant amount of steel, but:</p><p><br /></p><p>If I look at the 2014 Mint production figures, and make some fairly generous assumptions about the weight of steel coins, I get a figure around 50,000 tons of steel to make that year&#039;s worth of coins. (8 billion cents at 3g each, 1.2B nickels @ 5g, 2.3B dimes @ 2.5g, 1.6B quarters @ 6g)</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks like US steel production in 2014 was about 97 million tons. Another 50K tons would only amount to .05% -- but that&#039;s still a pretty big &quot;drop&quot;, even in so huge a &quot;bucket&quot;. I&#039;m sure most any steel plant would be happy to be able to sell an additional 50K tons.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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