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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Midas, post: 132887, member: 2761&quot;]I believe the mint should mint no more than a billion cents (500 million from both Denver and Philadelphia). </p><p><br /></p><p>#2.&nbsp; With the advent of CoinStar machines and others, I am seeing people at my local grocery store dumping buckets of loose change in exchange for larger bills <u>ALL OF THE TIME</u>.&nbsp; I have to believe that more and more coinage is circulating <u>back</u> into the economy instead of sitting in a dresser drawer.&nbsp; For me, everytime I fill up my bucket, I take it to one of these machines...it buys a nice evening out.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>[BTW...I still look at my change before I dump it in the bucket]</i></p><p><br /></p><p>#3.&nbsp; Coinstar makes a nice profit on this deal (what is it? 8%??), but if you look at&nbsp; the time it takes for us to stack and roll coins, it is well worth it.&nbsp; If I were Coinstar, I would market in places like colleges and high schools where everybody is watching their pennies.&nbsp; Shoot...a bag of change may buy a pizza when you have the munchies!&nbsp; Actually, what a concept they have!&nbsp; They are not selling anything...they are buying &quot;stuff&quot; that is just sitting in a pickle jar.</p><p><br /></p><p>#4).&nbsp; If you don&#039;t want the cash...DONATE the funds to your favorite charity and take the write-off.&nbsp; Bottom line, do something with this loose change!</p><p><br /></p><p>#5).&nbsp; I hope the cent hangs around as all of my cents add up to real dollars.&nbsp; Is it necessary for the mint to make 5 or 6 billion of these units per year when most are not circulating back into the marketplace?&nbsp; I doubt it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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