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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 686913, member: 19463&quot;]On topic:</p><p>Another consideration that the government takes seriously is whether a coin shows up on x-rays or other scanning equipment used to assist children that swallow them.&nbsp; There was a time that a kid that swallowed coins was considered to be getting what he deserved but today we save people from such tragedies.&nbsp; This makes some alternative materials that would be cheap enough not acceptable.&nbsp; The death grip many of us have on the difference between gasoline selling for $2 a gallon and $1.99 9/10 is hilarious in a day that the pump price has been known to change three times a day in some places.&nbsp; Still no one notices that their gas bill is rounded off to the nearest cent.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Would the economic system be so very injured if sellers were required to compete by offering goods in the highest quality that fit the available currency rather than forcing the currency to fit their marketing vision?&nbsp; If no one could sell something for 99 cents, no one would be at a competitive disadvantage.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Seriously, I assume there has been studies on the adverse effects suffered by Great Britain when they dumped the Farthing (was it 1956?).&nbsp; Does anyone know what they found?&nbsp; The Farthing was about the same exchange value as our cent back then.&nbsp; Is that what you blame for the relative drop of the Pound over the last 50 years?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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