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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 26088815, member: 66"]Can't, the manufacturing cost is already higher than the face value, and they wanted any replacement to be "seamless" with the existing coin. Able to be handled by the same equipment, usable in vending machines with little or no adjustment so basically the same size, weight and electromagnetic signature. Can't be magnetic. The only thing the group that has been studying the options for the past 14 years really came up with was a copper nickel alloy of 80% copper and 20% nickel which at the time cost 4.98 cents each. But that was years ago and it no longer satisfies the requirements.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 26088815, member: 66"]Can't, the manufacturing cost is already higher than the face value, and they wanted any replacement to be "seamless" with the existing coin. Able to be handled by the same equipment, usable in vending machines with little or no adjustment so basically the same size, weight and electromagnetic signature. Can't be magnetic. The only thing the group that has been studying the options for the past 14 years really came up with was a copper nickel alloy of 80% copper and 20% nickel which at the time cost 4.98 cents each. But that was years ago and it no longer satisfies the requirements.[/QUOTE]
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