"HB" == Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> writes:
HB> * One _cent_ coins apparently cost a lot to make: "The US Mint HB> reported that in fiscal year 2010 the cost of producing and shipping HB> one-cent coins was $0.0179, i.e. more than the face value of the coin." I didn't mean to imply that the cost of the metal is the extent of the cost of minting a coin. I'm not at all surprised that all the rest of the costs dwarf that of the metal itself. The high-security shipping alone must be a big chunk of that 1.79ยข. And even though there is only a very thin layer of copper around the zinc, at current spot prices the copper just might be even more pricy than the zinc. -JimC -- James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com> OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6