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perfessor Pillar of the Community United States 927 Posts	Posted 07/30/2011 2:28 pm Long live the cent! Wait. I didn't mean that. Long live the king! Wait. We don't have a king. Oh well. I guess we can discuss this until we are blue in the face and it won't change. I personally think that the cent is not worth enough to continue but I still pick them up off the sidewalk. lol. By the way, my personal experience is that I find more copper pennies on the sidewalk than zinc ones. Figure that one out. Report this Post to the Staff
biggfredd Rest in Peace United States 9104 Posts	Posted 07/30/2011 5:03 pm Quote: Long live the king! Wait. We don't have a king Sure we do: Image courtesy Stacks Quote: I find more copper pennies on the sidewalk than zinc ones. Figure that one out. Zinc doesn't hold up as well as copper in the elements. Just normal handling totalled a lot of WWII zinc coins, including the plating on steel cents. Report this Post to the Staff
RollHunter Pillar of the Community United States 687 Posts	Posted 07/30/2011 5:19 pm Don't hold your breath - if we can avoid hyperinflation, the government will still continue to produce the one cent coin. Even if we stop using them in day to day commerce, the mint will still produce them at reduced amounts like the half. No one wants to be known as "Congressman Killed-the-penny" so I don't expect it to happen anytime soon. Discontinuing the dollar bill is even less likely. Report this Post to the Staff
mewmew New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 07/31/2011 02:53 am I don't know that "people throw pennies away" is a good argument for getting rid of them. Why get rid of them just because the average person is an idiot with no respect for money in general? I'm just as happy to find a penny on the ground as anything else, personally, and I take care of my money while it's in my posession. No shoving bills randomly into pockets and crumpling them up like so many of my customers do. I don't get why people are so thoughtless and disrespectful with their money. Report this Post to the Staff
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