Why can't the US Mint manufacture coins like Canada?

Now it's Hillary's turn to find a guy. LMAO

 

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Why can't the US Mint manufacture coins like they did 100+ years ago?

Now THAT is a better question.

 

Because of demand and production quantities.

Reliefs have been lowered to accommodate high speed presses and minimize die production.

Metal and Alloy costs are also significantly higher than they were "100 Years Ago".

And let's get realistic here, if the US Mint figured out a way of making coins that looked like what was produced 100 years ago, public, both collector and non collector, interest would not change.

A prime example is the 2009 cents which revisited not only the higher relief but also the Copper Alloy. None of those coins have any significant interests much less premiums associated with them.

Why?

Simple. Regardless of what they do they'll still be producing a "Modern coin" but the hundreds of millions if not billions. Nobody wants what everybody already has.

 

Plated steel - pretty cheesy. And I thought CuNi clad was bad. Is there a PCGS code for rust?