Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SilverWilliesCoinsdotcom, post: 2851306, member: 86795&quot;]Usually when we mortals refer to &quot;melt value&quot; on any coins, gold, silver, copper, whatever, we usually don&#039;t mean we expect to melt them ourselves, a messy and dangerous endeavor no matter what metal. For that matter, with pennies, it&#039;s still illegal to melt them anyway, and I believe illegal to export more than $5 face value out of the country in any one shipment. </p><p><br /></p><p>When the penny goes away in the US? When it has lost its cultural charm perhaps, which should be soon. Personally, I&#039;m 62 and as fond of them as I am, I could really not care if they ditched it. It&#039;s a nuisance coin at this stage of our economic history. Canada dropped the hammer on the one cent piece in 2013? They discontinued the $1 bill in 1989 also. Times are a changing. </p><p><br /></p><p>With modern circulating coins having no intrinsic precious metal value, I wouldn&#039;t be surprised to see the US MINT start selling corporate sponsorships on the reverses perhaps, NIKE at US FITTY CENT pieces and some such lunacy. The older I get, the older and older the coins I seem to buy...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in