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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 631513, member: 5233&quot;]I think the &quot;lose and make&quot; concept here is kind of odd.&nbsp; The face value of a cent is less than its intrinsic value.&nbsp; The opposite is true for the rest of the coins (except that a while back the nickel had more metal value than face as well).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Historically, we have always kept our coins face value higher than the metal value it contains.&nbsp; The reason, we don&#039;t want people making a profit by melting the coins down.&nbsp; This also allows for metal prices to go up (which they do over time) without having to change the composition.&nbsp; But, sometimes we do have to change the composition.&nbsp; We&#039;ve done it in the past...originally by making the coins slightly smaller, and more recently by changing the composition itself.&nbsp; It needs to be done again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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