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Message:: [QUOTE="hontonai, post: 374063, member: 4703"]Name your stakes.  I'll take that bet! Using population numbers taken from the US Census Bureau and production numbers taken from the Red Book, it is apparent that for decades, (with a few blips) the trend has been decidedly upward!  In 2000 each US resident could gather 48 times as many newly minted cents to hoard, spend or whatever as his ancestor could grab a century earlier. ......................................Cents.........Cents Census......Population....Minted............. Per ..Year........(In Millions)..(In Millions)...... Person 1900...........  76.0...........  66.8 ........  0.879 1910...........  92.4........ 152.8 .........  1.654 1920.......... 106.5........ 405.6 ........  3.808 1930.......... 123.0........ 221.8 ........  1.803 1940.......... 132.1........ 800.1 ........ 6.057 1950.......... 152.3........ 725.6 ........  4.764 1960.......... 180.7..... 2,168.9 ......  12.003 1970.......... 205.0..... 3,585.6 ....... 17.491 1980.......... 227.2... 12,558.3........  55.274 1990.......... 249.5... 11,778.0........  47.206 2000.......... 281.4... 11,868.0........  42.175Yeah, and George W. Bush will be elected to a third term.[/QUOTE]