Talking mostly about modern commeratives, why no pure (or mostly pure, say 95%) copper coins? We always get the same 3 coin combo: The clad half, the silver dollar, and the gold $5 coin. Wouldn't a copper large cent, or even a copper half make for an awesome set. Or even some stand alone copper coins.
Awesome for s set, probably but the Mint says copper is too expensive. Therefore, its bye bye copper.
Because there are no coins authorized to be struck in copper. You would have to get new legislation passed through Congress. Want to try doing that? For coins where you won't be able to point at significant revenue to the government for doing it. You MIGHT be able to tack it onto a commemorative coin bill as part of a set, but it would probably still have to include the other standard commemorative coins. It would also help if the anniversary being commemorated could be tied to copper, say 2057 the bicentennial of the end of the Large Cent. and the start of the small cent. Next is who the surcharges go to. 2027, the 250th anniversary of the first US coin, the Fugio cent?
Yep, agreed. Interestingly, the Austrian Mint issues €5 and €10 collector coins which are pure copper. Of course these do not actually circulate, but you can get them at face ... Christian
