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Posted by tim bartolovich (+119) 15 years ago
I like the new looks but wasnt it a few years back they were consdering doing away with the penny because it cost to much to make
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Posted by Kyle L. Varnell (+3743) 15 years ago
but wasnt it a few years back they were consdering doing away with the penny because it cost to much to make

Kentucky & Illinois will never let that happen Tim. Personally I think they should do away with all denominations under a quarter. Are you really going to carry around 4,000 pennies, 2,000 nickels or 4 hundred dimes to pay for ten gallons of gas (roughly $40)? Not only that but is a clerk really going to accept and then count them all?

They cost more to make than they're worth and are a pain in the *** to have to carry around.

[This message has been edited by Kyle L. Varnell (edited 9/23/2008).]
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Posted by tim bartolovich (+119) 15 years ago
I think they should do away with anything under a quarter also but then they couldnt advertise 1.99 or .99 to make you think your not paying quite a dollar
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Posted by MilesCity.com Webmaster (+10029) 15 years ago
Hey, forget about that penny. What about the 1/10 of a penny?

I once put exactly 1 gallon of fuel in my car, advertised at the price of $3.99 and 9/10s, and after handing the cashier four $1 bills ... they wouldn't give me that 1/10 of a cent back! Highway robbery at its finest!
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Posted by Bob Netherton (+1891) 15 years ago
When they start F%$#@&^g with the penny, you know the economy is bad.
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Posted by Cheryl Gaer-Barlow (+489) 15 years ago
I believe it costs 1 1/2 cents now to manufacture a copper penny. What are the new pennies made of? What material? Some kind of junk metal?
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Posted by Kyle L. Varnell (+3743) 15 years ago
It's a 97% zinc, 3% copper mix. Still they need to ax the penny.
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Posted by Bob Netherton (+1891) 15 years ago
I wonder what would happen if they'd just quit making them. Hell, there's enough in our couch to supply Montana.
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