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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 334059, member: 4626&quot;]Well that&#039;s only the value of the <i>metal</i>.&nbsp; Prices I was quoted also included the cost of minting the coins... it currently costs about 1.7 cents to mint a penny, including both the value of the metal and the variable manufacturing costs per coin (fixed costs not included).&nbsp; They lose money for every penny and nickel they mint.&nbsp; But they more than make up for it with every other coin they mint... only costs them about 22 cents to mint a Sacagawea or president dollar for example.&nbsp; (Their highest profit in proportion to face value is what they make on the quarters... they sell them to the Federal Reserve for 5 times what it costs to mint!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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