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Posted 02/08/2006 1:42 pm
Toast,
No one knows what the US will do vis a vis the cent in the long term. The mint is committed by law to produce them through '09 (100th anniversary of the Lincoln Cent). Interestingly, although 1 and 2 "cent" euro coins are legal in the entire euro zone, Finland and the Netherlands don't use them.
I find it interesting that the current purchasing power of the cent is less than what 1/1000 of a dollar (a "mill) was during the great depression, and we sure didn't have "mill" coins then...
Richard,
What proportion of cents ion your change jar are pre 82, would you guess?
Don
No one knows what the US will do vis a vis the cent in the long term. The mint is committed by law to produce them through '09 (100th anniversary of the Lincoln Cent). Interestingly, although 1 and 2 "cent" euro coins are legal in the entire euro zone, Finland and the Netherlands don't use them.
I find it interesting that the current purchasing power of the cent is less than what 1/1000 of a dollar (a "mill) was during the great depression, and we sure didn't have "mill" coins then...
Richard,
What proportion of cents ion your change jar are pre 82, would you guess?
Don
Edited by SFDukie
02/08/2006 1:43 pm
02/08/2006 1:43 pm
