[StolarStorm]

Melting down historically significant and rare items for the base metal? Shocking I know, but some people actually place value on other matters.

I can't imagine melting down an old coin. I'd rather have it taken from me and put in a museum.

Life isn't always about money.

[Jim from C-Town]

The government will not be putting these coins into a museum, they will be selling them for their own profit and keeping all the money to waste themselves.

Better they where melted down and used in the real economy for a beneficial matter.