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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 552680, member: 16510&quot;]<b>I hate to but it&#039;s time.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I hate to but it&#039;s time.</p><p>There is really no credible argument that under scrutiny would support keeping the cent around much longer, it just ain&#039;t so I&#039;m sorry.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Being a Lincoln Cent specialist it&#039;s especial hard but then time as come.</p><p>Further for most daily commerce not even the 5 cent piece or the dime as any value anymore.&nbsp; It&#039;s just chump change now.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I would really (for the sake of our country and economy) just as soon go to the dollar as our lowest denomination.&nbsp; I mean whats wrong with rounding up or down from .50 cents?&nbsp; These coins have literally no value, they are now worth so little that except for the quarter they don&#039;t even circulate and the only reason the quarter does is because of car washes and coin laundry and parking.&nbsp; </p><p>Really ask your self, &quot;what do I really do with most change I bring home:?&nbsp; I wait until it&#039;s &quot;x&quot; amonut and turn it back in for dollars.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It&#039;s sad though and this does not mean I like it - a complete era has come and gone in my lifetime.&nbsp; When I was a kid we were paid in silver coin for mowing and paper routes.&nbsp; Franklin&#039;s, Walking Libs, silver dimes and quarters.&nbsp; They were worth something then, a big something!&nbsp; You could go down to the drugstore and hang out all day long with .75 cents, get a sundae, a coke, some peanuts, and comic books and still have change left over.&nbsp; Those were the days!&nbsp; Go to the drug store today and see if you can find even one item for .50 cents or less - I don&#039;t think you can.</p><p>When I started smoking cigarettes were .24 cents a pack now they are the better part of $6, but I digress and I&#039;m not that old, (so people keep telling me).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Doing away with small change is not something I want but if it would save our nation some money I&#039;m all for it.&nbsp; After all we do have billions and billions of pieces of small change that should keep us pretty well happy for a couple more generations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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