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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GreatWalrus, post: 1375167, member: 35925&quot;]Very interesting, amusing, educational and somewhat comical video.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought the comparison to the death of the half cent was quite a good point.&nbsp; Back in 1857, when the half penny was deemed worth too little, it had more buying power than a dime does today.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wouldn&#039;t be very sad if the penny died, especially since the lincoln cent has lived for so long and now the design of the new cent has gone to ****.</p><p><br /></p><p>But if they&#039;re going to get rid of the penny, they may as well get rid of the nickel as well since it costs ridiculously too much to make too.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d also note that the potential death of these two coins may attract more collectors to the hobby due to the news of their discontinuation.&nbsp; More people will probably collect old versions of these coins in hopes they will be worth something some day.&nbsp; That may expand their interest to other areas of coin collecting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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