Pricey pennies come under attack

[tkalli]

With the price of zinc soaring amid a worldwide commodities boom,
it costs the government almost 2 cents to make each 1-cent coin
- a pretty penny considering roughly 8 billion new ones are placed
into circulation annually.
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[fldodger]

They might as will get rid of them. All metal prices are going up.

I use to get copper for $1.89 a pound buying 2500 lbs
now it is $4.00 a pound