Should You Melt Down Pennies for Profit? Not U.S. Pennies, But...
A penny, on its face, is worth one cent. But melted down for the copper it contains, it could be worth quite a bit more. So why not mine our piggy banks for metal?
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Why the U.S. Should Get Rid of the $1 Bill
According to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office, if America gets rid of its $1 bill and replaces it with a dollar coin, the U.S. will save $5.5 billion on printing costs over the next 30 years. That's a whole lot of dollars.
Could the U.S. Print Its Way Out of the Debt Crisis?
Everyone now knows the federal government is about to run up against its limit for borrowing money, but everyone also knows that governments can -- and do -- just print the stuff. Washington owns the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Could the way to sidestep this looming crisis be just making more money?
U.S. Mint Faces a Coin Cost Dilemma
The U.S. Mint is facing a big problem with small change: Some coins cost more to make than they're actually worth. It costs 1.6 cents to make a penny, as much as nine cents to make a nickel, and with billions of coins pressed every year, that really adds up.
