So there's no coins in Argentina

I have been following the scarcity of small change coins in Argentina. It is almost funny, my husband says that most likely it is due to the fact that the inherent value of the coins is higher than the face value of the coin. He believes that some greedy people may be melting the coins in order to sell the molten nickel and cooper. Interesting, no? Will that be the way we are going to end up in North America?

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