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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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 H.R.3074 - Common Cents Act (passed by House) - contains the following provisions regarding changing the composition of the nickel. https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th...ll/3074/text(c) 5-cent coin.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The 5-cent coin may be a coin with an inner layer of zinc and an outer layer of nickel. (2) COMPOSITION.—The Secretary may prescribe the composition of zinc and nickel in the 5-cent coin, subject to testing and evaluation that such composition— (A) reduces the cost incurred to produce such coin; and
(B) to the greatest extent practicable, has a minimal adverse impact on machines designed to accept coins. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Such a coin with its zinc core exposed can kill any mammal up to 35 lbs.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Moderator
United States
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Oh no!  Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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United States
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Big Zinc doing what it can to get its quota.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Ridiculous. The zinc in the coin isn't that much cheaper than copper!
Probably a result of zinc lobbyists, now that the cent is leaving production. Plus the Mint has incoming damaged and retired Zincolns that can no longer be melted back into a usable metal.
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United States
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Probably a result of zinc lobbyists, now that the cent is leaving production. Most definitely. Artazn. AKA, Big Zinc.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Was just going to say, the U.S. must have a heck of a zinc lobby. .  |
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United States
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Why else do you think we kept making cents long past their expiration date?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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geez... a sure sign of circling the drain...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Hey, those zinc guys need to find another use for all their surplus since the penny ended production!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
642 Posts |
How fast will it take for a zinkle to rot? Maybe just skip this step and get rid of the nickle.
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United States
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Hey, those zinc guys need to find another use for all their surplus since the penny ended production! We would all be better off if they shifted their effort towards battery technology. Look out, Big Lithium. |
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United States
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Maybe just skip this step and get rid of the nickle.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Oh boy. It's going to be just like the cent all over again!  Errers and Varietys.
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United States
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... and here we all thought that zinc rot was going to be a thing of the past... (think again) |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This has been anticipated for decades.
The Cent should've been shelved in 1982 instead of switching to zinc Cents.
The 75% copper Nickel has clearly been living on borrowed time for decades.
Like the Cent, it should just be discontinued rather than producing a zombie Nickel.
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Posted 07/17/2026 08:15 am
