House Passes Bill For Steel Cent and Nickel(5-9-2008)
The House debated on the legislation and finally voted yesterday to change the metallic composition of the penny and 5-cent nickel to a less expensive copper-colored steel.
BTW, Freeper Travis McGee has been telling us for years to stock up on nickels.
Somewhere around here (or maybe out at the old family homestead) I have some of the wartime funny pennies, they were not made out of copper either. :’) Also have a colonial (or early republic) 3 cent piece, that appears to be iron or something.
Yep, I used to always ask to change bills for a couple rolls of nickels every time I had bank business. They never blinked, ever. Plenty of people need change for their own businesses. Free money, handed over the counter.