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By David Owen, a staff writer for The New Yorker, is the author of "Green Metropolis" and "The Conundrum." April 4, 2012

Amen.

let's say they do pull the nickel and penny from circulation. do you think the sorters/hoarders will see more liquidity and even spot plus premium for these coins?

John_doe wrote:let's say they do pull the nickel and penny from circulation. do you think the sorters/hoarders will see more liquidity and even spot plus premium for these coins?

Well, I can't speak for the nickle, but it sure seems to me that the copper penny would do well if the US quit minting them. I suppose the nickle would do as well or better based on spot prices. Just my uninformed opinion