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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 808757, member: 68&quot;]I should add that while I love dimes as a collectible I&#039;ve never been fond of them as a circulating coin.&nbsp; This especially applies to the clad dimes since they are so small and light.&nbsp; They often don&#039;t work in vending machines and are easily dropped.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If we did away with the nickel then the number of dimes recieved in change would more than double.&nbsp; This means they&#039;d have to make several billion diimes a year for a while to catch up at great expense and I&#039;d be stuck with more dimes and more taxes.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Recalling the old pennies and nickels would not only make a large profit for the government but would get many of the toxic pennies out of the enviroment.&nbsp; Then the government could mint some 10 billion new nickels at a profit.&nbsp; By the time they got things straightened out with the coinage system the economy should have recovered and the mint can stay busy minting coins THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY NEED AND USE instead of pennies.&nbsp; They can even raise the relief on the coins again and might not bump up against capacity restraints ever again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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