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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drago the Wolf, post: 1087456, member: 22476&quot;]Okay, this is a topic to ask what coin denomination is more justified to circulate between pennies and halves.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>First, lets look at the lowly cent:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They can&#039;t buy much if anything. They cost more than a cent to produce, costing tax payers and wasting money. They usually get thrown in the garbage, placed in a sock drawer, piggie bank or change jar and taken out of circulation, causing the need to mint more. We could round all final transactions to the nearest nickel if cents were eliminated. Cents are now made of copper plated zinc, and many of these Zincolns seem to deterriorate and rot away. You often find cents on the ground because a lot of people do not bend over to pick them up (I do though :devil: )</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now, lets look at halves:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They are slightly larger than the $1 coin. They are not currently accepted buy many vending machines, but neither are cents. Fifty cents can actually buy something. Halves would cut down on the ammount of quarters needing to be minted yearly if halves circulated on a regular basis, despite using about as much metal as two quarters. Halves are actually made of a more expensive and more durable metal than the cent, and halves do not cost fifty cents or more than fifty cents to produce. You do not see too many halves left on the ground, like you do with cents.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The winner here for me, is the half, hands down! Lets eliminate that bothersome cent, and clear the way for both the half, and the dollar coin. :hail:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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