Question on -- United States Mint coin security feature

Hello

I was curious to know if the dollar coins that are now
being minted by the United States Mint, may have
been treated to be a little radioactive? This could be
a security feature to the coins.

Has anyone check out the current coins that are
minted by the United States Mint with a Geiger
counter? It could be the same amount or level
that you would find on a face of and analog watch.

If someone can get a Geiger Counter, and check
out the level of radioactive level, I would love to
know.

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"Arizona Coin Collector" wrote:

I was curious to know if the dollar coins that are now
being minted by the United States Mint, may have
been treated to be a little radioactive? This could be
a security feature to the coins.

I don't have a Geiger Counter handy, but I think that's quite
unlikely.

The current dollar coins are comprised of copper, zinc,
manganese and nickel. None of those elements have any
naturally occurring radioactive isotopes, so adding any
radioactive markers would either require addition of a
another element, or neutron bombardment of one of the
existing ones.

Of the candidates, only Nickel has a reasonable candidate
isotope. But there are three problems with that idea. The
first is that neutron bombardment is expensive. The second
is that bombarding natural Nickel also produces hazardous
Nickel-63. Finally, Nickel raises enough health objections
even in stable form.

So in summary, I don't see either the need nor the method for
adding such a security feature.

--
Michael Benveniste -- (Clarification required)
Nid wif yn y swyddfa ar hyn o bryd. Anfonwch ar unrhyw waith i'w
gyfieithu.

"Michael Benveniste" wrote in message
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So in summary, I don't see either the need nor the method for
adding such a security feature.


Now there is a case for dumping your change in a jar instead of carrying it
around in your pocket!

"Arizona Coin Collector" wrote in message
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Hello

I was curious to know if the dollar coins that are now
being minted by the United States Mint, may have
been treated to be a little radioactive? This could be
a security feature to the coins.

Has anyone check out the current coins that are
minted by the United States Mint with a Geiger
counter? It could be the same amount or level
that you would find on a face of and analog watch.

If someone can get a Geiger Counter, and check
out the level of radioactive level, I would love to
know.

Time to put on your tin foil hat, Arizona!

"RWF" wrote in message
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"Arizona Coin Collector" wrote in message
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Hello

I was curious to know if the dollar coins that are now
being minted by the United States Mint, may have
been treated to be a little radioactive? This could be
a security feature to the coins.

Has anyone check out the current coins that are
minted by the United States Mint with a Geiger
counter? It could be the same amount or level
that you would find on a face of and analog watch.

If someone can get a Geiger Counter, and check
out the level of radioactive level, I would love to know.

Time to put on your tin foil hat, Arizona!

Sounds like it was concocted by the same people who said that
fluoridization of the water supply in the 1950s was a Commie plot to
pollute our precious bodily fluids.

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"Michael Benveniste" wrote in message
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So in summary, I don't see either the need nor the method for
adding such a security feature.

Now there is a case for dumping your change in a jar instead of carrying it
around in your pocket!

Paging Stanislaw Lem on line 1...

(He used the gimmic of radioactive currency with a "critical mass" at
least twice. Unless the second story I am thinking of was actually a
"Probability Zero" item from Analog, written in a style highly derivative
of Stanislaw Lem.)

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"mazorj" wrote in message
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Sounds like it was concocted by the same people who said that
fluoridization of the water supply in the 1950s was a Commie plot to
pollute our precious bodily fluids.

I'll be content to point out that since they put fluoride in our water,
the USA has been subjected to runaway inflation, a loss of its stature
in the world community and a complete loss of the sense of purpose the
country used to have.
Our precious bodily fluids are, however, still intact!

RWF wrote:
"mazorj" wrote in message
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Sounds like it was concocted by the same people who said that
fluoridization of the water supply in the 1950s was a Commie plot to
pollute our precious bodily fluids.

I'll be content to point out that since they put fluoride in our
water, the USA has been subjected to runaway inflation, a loss of its
stature in the world community and a complete loss of the sense of
purpose the country used to have.
Our precious bodily fluids are, however, still intact!

....and so are my teeth.

James

"RWF" wrote in message
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"mazorj" wrote in message
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Sounds like it was concocted by the same people who said that
fluoridization of the water supply in the 1950s was a Commie plot
to pollute our precious bodily fluids.

I'll be content to point out that since they put fluoride in our
water, the USA has been subjected to runaway inflation, a loss of
its stature in the world community and a complete loss of the sense
of purpose the country used to have.
Our precious bodily fluids are, however, still intact!

Nah, the fluoride didn't do that. It only made our teeth glow under
ultraviolet light. It's the SeKriT pOISON stuff they're putting in
the chemtrails coming from airliners that is making us morally weak
and economically stupid. With 15,000 flights a day using an average
of 2.5 engines per aircraft in the commercial fleet, and figure
they've been doing it since the 1970s - you do the math. I would,
except that I live in the flight path of an airport so 2 + 2 = 3 is
about the limit of what my math skills can handle nowadays.

Every time you see those vapor trails criss-crossing the sky above
you...

"mazorj" wrote in message
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"RWF" wrote in message
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"mazorj" wrote in message
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Sounds like it was concocted by the same people who said that
fluoridization of the water supply in the 1950s was a Commie plot to
pollute our precious bodily fluids.

I'll be content to point out that since they put fluoride in our water,
the USA has been subjected to runaway inflation, a loss of its stature in
the world community and a complete loss of the sense of purpose the
country used to have.
Our precious bodily fluids are, however, still intact!

Nah, the fluoride didn't do that. It only made our teeth glow under
ultraviolet light. It's the SeKriT pOISON stuff they're putting in the
chemtrails coming from airliners that is making us morally weak and
economically stupid. With 15,000 flights a day using an average of 2.5
engines per aircraft in the commercial fleet, and figure they've been
doing it since the 1970s - you do the math. I would, except that I live
in the flight path of an airport so 2 + 2 = 3 is about the limit of what
my math skills can handle nowadays.

Every time you see those vapor trails criss-crossing the sky above you...

................. I think of how long it once took our ancestors, or even a
letter, to travel from the east coast to the west. I'll take those
contrails anyday.