--- Gustavo Lacerda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the 95% of the coins in the United States (i.e. 1c, 5c, 10c, 25c) were > no longer in circulation, but bills were left alone, what would happen to the remaining coins? > Would they go up in value?
Since the US government would not do this on purpose, we need to presume some scenario such as all the coin mints being blown up and some scary news such as that handling coins causes cancer, and some idiotic group going to banks and collecting the coins for hoarding. Then the news is exposed as a hoax. Supposing something ridiculous like that happens, the coins would remain at face value. The demand for small change tokens would be met with a supply of substitutes, such as postage stamps in small clear envelopes, or private tokens issued by banks. During the US Civil War, there was a shortage of coins, and postage stamps served as currency, and they could easily do so again. Fred Foldvary ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com
