no. physical currencies have a more complex formula on a good “cost vs use” ratio. it’s usually many years of use to justify spending any amount of resources on a physical currency, otherwise the currency would collapse under its own weight of having to create itself

sorry, was assuming this was broader than just federal. thanks for clarifying

a nickel (0.05$) costs 14 pennies (0.14$) to make

certain states banned them. this would federally make it illegal to ban them at the state level, as far as I understand. you know, states’ rights and all

finally some good fucking news