>>14701127 (lb)
Yup. Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 says "No State shall … coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; [or] make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts…"
And Congress is implicitly NOT granted the authority to do any of these things except "coin Money" in Article I, Section 8, Clause 5.
Federal Reserve Tokens are NOT permissible under the Constitution.
>Federal Reserve Tokens are NOT permissible under the Constitution
…since they are irredeemable "Bills of Credit", just like the Continentals that had so recently become worthless, and may not thus be "emit"[ted] by Congress (or anyone else.)
Anon's thinking is correct. Nickels and Cents will be worth more per face value. Pre 1982 Cents are copper, post-1982 are zinc. (THE 1982s you gotta weigh or scratch to tell…)