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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 3605869, member: 27832&quot;]I know the vending-machine lobby has had some sway in past composition decisions, but for <i>cents</i>? Zincolns are less conductive and 20% lighter than bronze cents. The only thing they have in common is <i>surface</i> conductivity (if you catch them in the brief time before they rot) and size/shape. And, as [USER=69089]@Maxfli[/USER] said, vending machines tend to ignore them (although I honestly don&#039;t remember if that was true in 1982).</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin acceptors for self-checkout stations still accept cents (and most around here now accept half dollars), but I suspect they may rely more on software and less on hardware than older models. If that&#039;s true, a software update might be all they need to accept a new composition.</p><p><br /></p><p>And if <i>I</i> were a coin-machine lobbyist, I like to think I&#039;d lobby <i>against</i> Zincolns, with their tendency to drop bits of corrosive zinc chloride and loose metal wherever they go...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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