Avoiding a meltdown: managing the value of small change

To prevent a shortage of small change, the U.S. Department of the Treasury recently prohibited the melting and exportation of pennies and other coins. The problem arises because pennies and nickels are made of inappropriately expensive material, and there is or soon will be a profit to be made from transferring their content to alternative uses. The author provides a historical context for the problem of small change and discusses possible remedies

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Velde, François R.
Published in:	Economic Perspectives. - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. - 2008, Q I, v. 32, no. 1, p. 17-28
Publisher:	Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Subject:	Coinage

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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