Please, Finally, End the Penny

[Copper Catcher]

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/20 ... -the-penny

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

[inflationhawk]

Amen.

[John_doe]

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?

[Sheba]

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