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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;drathbun, post: 1617672, member: 42789&quot;]My boys loved it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The guide shared a couple of stories about people who tried to rob the mint... both were caught. One story was about the rat catcher. Seems that during his rounds he would stick gold inside of the dead rats, and then when the rat bodies were moved outside (I guess they didn&#039;t let him do that part himself) he would go retrieve the bodies and remove the gold. Eventually the mint figured out what was going on.</p><p><br /></p><p>We talked about having the US drop the cent as well. He said that it&#039;s easy to look at the direct costs of making the full copper cent (more than $0.01 in cost) and the reasons for going to the copper/zinc. But he said the costs of dropping production altogether (as Canada has recently done) are less conclusive. For example, if they drop the cent how many more nickels will they have to produce? Will that become a hidden cost of dropping the cent? So while they are certainly aware of the suggestion, the way he presented it they&#039;re not absolutely sure that the overall cost would be reduced, and they&#039;re &quot;continuing to evaluate their options&quot; or something like that.</p><p><br /></p><p>The tour is fairly short (less than an hour if my memory is correct).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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