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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 26070531, member: 19165&quot;]Yes, the nickel has been a loser for nearly 20 years. </p><p><br /></p><p>Proposing to get rid of the nickel has always seemed so much more extreme, but it also financially does not make any sense. We&#039;ve had the discussion, but it has always been... well, it isn&#039;t as much of a premium, and the value is more... how will we handle not having it? </p><p><br /></p><p>On the current trend, the dime will be a loser within a decade. </p><p><br /></p><p>In reality... how many people use cash, and how many use cents and nickels? There is literally a take-a-penny/leave-a-penny for this reason. </p><p><br /></p><p>Get rid of the cent. Get rid of the nickel. Get rid of the dime. I guess keep the quarter for now, knowing that a few more years of inflation that&#039;s going to become meaningless as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>Round prices to the nearest quarter. </p><p><br /></p><p>In countries with inflation, they get rid of their lowest units and round to the nearest unit. This is a wide precedent... just accept it. If you want your government to inflate the currency, you have to accept the consequences. </p><p><br /></p><p>I just came back from Argentina, where the exchange rate was somewhere near 1000 pesos to the dollar. I guarantee you, I never saw fractional pesos, and I rarely saw less than a round 1000. It just isn&#039;t worth it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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