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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;blsmothermon, post: 1080972, member: 26158&quot;]That is the point of seignorage, though. The idiot news services love to point out how much it costs to make a cent or nickel, they don&#039;t like to mention that Golden Dollars cost about 21 cents each, Halves 17 cents, Quarters 7.3 cents, Dimes 3.1 cents. (United States Mint, 2004 Annual Report, pg. 45) Take those figures against 2010 mintages and you will find that the Mint makes money (seignorage) on coining money. The news services love to point out the losses, but they don&#039;t report the profits. This is only done to stir up emotions of a stupid public and because the &quot;news&quot; is mostly reactionary entertainment these days. We are smarter than that folks. Like it or not, our system really does work pretty well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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