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<p>[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 1528998, member: 4381"]The government does not "make" or "lose" money on any coinage. I keep repeating this and it keeps flying over peoples heads, but if the government wants money, it prints it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Strictly on cost efficiency, such as it is worth, even if it cost each cent 5 cents to make, as long as they aren't melted down in mass, they are cost efficient. Coinage is not something the government uses for money. It is a service they provide. If a cent cost 5 cents and it is used for 6 years or more, it is very efficient.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem is much more selfish. I'm sick of them laying around my house and billions of them are just being wasted with no commercial service being provided whatsoever.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 1528998, member: 4381"]The government does not "make" or "lose" money on any coinage. I keep repeating this and it keeps flying over peoples heads, but if the government wants money, it prints it. Strictly on cost efficiency, such as it is worth, even if it cost each cent 5 cents to make, as long as they aren't melted down in mass, they are cost efficient. Coinage is not something the government uses for money. It is a service they provide. If a cent cost 5 cents and it is used for 6 years or more, it is very efficient. The problem is much more selfish. I'm sick of them laying around my house and billions of them are just being wasted with no commercial service being provided whatsoever.[/QUOTE]
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