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Pillar of the Community
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I would love it to be true, at least for circulation cents, but it is probably just speculation at best. It's just Fake News jbuck!  |
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Yes, speculation at best, fake news at worst.  |
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I go back far enough to when you could still buy penny candy, not just one piece but two or three for a penny. Hard to image the passing of the penny.
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04/26/2017 1:55 pm
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The cent needs to go NIFC at the very least.
The nickel should go as well, but unlike the cent a composition change could save it.
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Anymore, when I have change coming back, they will round it down and not give me pennies. Ninety six cents becomes ninety five and I get back a nickel. A business don't want to deal with the pennies. seems the penny has outlived its usefulness.
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Bedrock of the Community
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We ended up with a bank wrapped roll from Subway today of 2017 P cents. Quote:
The nickel should go as well, but unlike the cent a composition change could save it. I wish nickels would end rather than end up with plated zinc 5 cent coins .... yuk!  Edited by TNG
04/26/2017 8:39 pm
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I agree on the plated nickel, better to disappear than become zinc.
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Pillar of the Community
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The U.S. Mint reports that so far 1,182,800,000 2017 Philadelphia Cents have been struck!so sooner or later we're all going to end up with some!
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Bedrock of the Community
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sooner or later we're all going to end up with some! Maybe. I have a feeling that the "one-year mintmark" thing is or will be a huge incentive for hoarding. Possibly greater than most or all past incentives considering the long history of the Philly cent without a mintmark. In some way, I think the mint did a service to the hobby with this move.  Quote:
The nickel should go as well, but unlike the cent a composition change could save it. That could be pretty interesting. Maybe a nickel with a pre-1982 cent composition? The composition/weight would be worth less than face and could open a whole new chapter for nickels! Realistically however, that won't happen. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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04/27/2017 12:57 am
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Maybe. I have a feeling that the "one-year mintmark" thing is or will be a huge incentive for hoarding. Possibly greater than most or all past incentives considering the long history of the Philly cent without a mintmark.  The speculators are definitely coming out. There is someone in my area offering to buy $25 boxes for $40 each. Just to be clear, not me and not my ad. I found a pretty good looking Philly P in change, put it in a 2x2 for my album. That's enough. |
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Anymore, when I have change coming back, they will round it down and not give me pennies. Ninety six cents becomes ninety five and I get back a nickel. A business don't want to deal with the pennies. seems the penny has outlived its usefulness. It happens here a lot, too. |
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