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The CoinNews Saturday eNewsletter and the short post Sunday morning included information about the Sunday night 60 Minutes news segment titled, Should We Make Cents?

Morley Safer reports on how the penny and nickel are worth less than the U.S. government cost to manufacture them - the penny almost two cents and the nickel almost a dime.

The largest portion of the segment, as the 60 Minutes title suggests, revolves around the various points of view on whether the government should stop making Lincoln pennies.

Why is the manufacturing cost of the 1-cent penny and 5-cent nickel up so much? United States Mint Director Ed Moy summed it up:

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The British Royal Mint has released a new 2008 commemorative £5 coin celebrating the 60th birthday of His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales. The limited edition coin comes in Brilliant Uncirculated and Proof versions. The commemorative design is rather unusual in that both sides of the coin bear a prominent head portrait, making it a "two-headed" coin.

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The Royal Australian Mint has announced the start of the 2008 Polar Series coins, which mark the 4th International Polar Year - a large scientific programme focused on the Arctic and the Antarctic.

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The 2008 American Buffalo Coin is now available for purchase from the U.S. Mint. The coin is the first from a new program titled, the United States Mint Celebration Series.

The program will offer several coin products that are packaged and released to celebrate special gift-giving occasions and events.

The American Buffalo 2008 coin celebrates the 2008 Lunar New Year – a traditionally important gift-giving time of year for Asian-Americans. It contains one ounce of 24-karat, .9999 fine gold.

A Mint statement regarding the American Buffalo celebration coin said:

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