US Gov't Phasing out the PENNY and NICKEL in 2013

[Fjordbit]

From the article:

*Update: While we are confident that it will not be long until the Treasury takes the penny out of circulation and at least debases the nickel, the author of this story has apparently issued a retraction to the story.
Our thanks to SD reader Mark for alerting us.
-Doc

[casascius]

+1
I have a few of the BTC10 1oz rounds & I would love to add a couple BTC5 1/2oz rounds if they were available

I'm working on them.

Meanwhile the 2012 10 BTC rounds are coming to a close - I'm almost out of them, and am not sure if I will do another run of 10 BTC.

Of the plain silver one, I am down to around 20 left.  Of the gold plated one, 60-ish.

[claire]

US govt going to phase out the penny and nickel in 2013 http://www.silverdoctors.com/penny-and-nickel-coins-to-be-phased-out-in-2013/

Stack pennies and nickels?

hmm 

that's crazy. pennies and nickels are life savers and save people all kinds of money. the government is simply stupid, as usual.

[claire]

oh the story has been retracted. lol

[Fiyasko]

AHA! CANADA DID IT BEFORE YOU (and others before us i know just let me have my fun) AND NOW THE US FINALLY DECIDES TO
We phase out our penny, A year later US starts to phase out Nickels and Pennys

[420]

this probably posted already...

*Update: While we are confident that it will not be long until the Treasury takes the penny out of circulation and at least debases the nickel, the author of this story has apparently issued a retraction to the story.
Our thanks to SD reader Mark for alerting us.
-Doc

[kjj]

A brief history of recent rumors of the death of the penny:

"US Gov't Phasing out the PENNY and NICKEL in 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013."

[Bees Brothers]

“We could not maintain the gold standard nor the silver standard. We could not maintain the copper standard, and now we cannot even maintain the zinc standard,”

--Dr. Ron Paul

[420]

please update OP

My name is Henry Wallen and I am a staff writer at skewnews.com, a satire website.

Recently I wrote an political article entitled, "Penny and Nickel Coins to be Phased Out in 2013" which announced that pennies and nickels would be discontinued in January 2013. Most of our regular readers understood that it was fiction, but some people did not. The story went viral and has been viewed by several hundred thousand people.

The piece is not mean spirited, harmful or slanderous in any way, and skewnews.com carries a disclaimer stating that the website is not responsible for the accuracy of any work. However the editors and I agreed to come clean on this one.

For those people who were upset by the penny and nickel going away in January, you can be assured that this is not happening; the story is fiction and was written for entertainment value only.

If you have questions or comments, I encourage you to post them here, instead of on the original story page, as this format allows for a more interactive dialog.

Respectfully,

Henry Wallen