Heavy?  I don't think so.    it can be really thin or tiny, even for $5 coins if they use 100% sliver.

I agree with PHLYo.   Not only EU, but Japan also use nearly $1 worth coin, as well as $5 worth  coin.   The smallest paper money starts at $10 worth.  People there heavily rely on cash than credit cards for their daily purchases.  People here in US use credit cards everywhere.    Why can't we?

Immelt (GE) has aggresively been moving our jobs to abroad.   I don't see how he is going to solve our unemployment issue without hurting GE's and other big businesses' profit.   Most likely, he would make the job situation worse in order to give big business a big favor.   I bet the job loss claim rate remains high, o...more

That home price reported is highly questionable, according to this article: http://www. economicpolicyjourna ​ l.com/2010/09/painting-real-estate-tape-bogus-housing.html    I believe the actual home prices are a lot lower than those reported prices.