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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:21 AM Original message |
Penny prices pinched by rising cost of metal |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, I think it would make more cents for the treasury to spend less to |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. Issue paper monopoly money for coins. Imagine a stack of one cent notes in your piggybank. |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. What we need is a seven-cent nickel |
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xyouth (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. At least some of our currency is trying to keep up with inflation! |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Maybe solid copper coins, worth market value??? |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 08:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. You mean like gold bullion? |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Cents, have NOT been made of Copper since 1982 |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. There's really no "good" reason to keep the penny anymore anyway. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. When people start melting down devalued currency for scrap... |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. Melt down all your old pennies and triple your money |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. Just stop making pennies and nickels |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. See my comment below, do we keep the dime or the Quarter? |
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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. Ban any pricing ended in number 9 |
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Pietrogustapov (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. What are pennies good for anyway? |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Make dogs sick, if they digest one (post-1982 cents only) |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. Australia and NZ have already gotten rid of their 1c and 2c coins. |
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Penance (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. Get rid of the penny! |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. What do we do with the Quarter if the Nickel is abolished? |
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