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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 25270455, member: 134416&quot;]Just what I want, to walk around with a bunch of $1 coins.&nbsp; With what they&#039;re spending, they&#039;re not going to care about the peanuts that move would save.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I&#039;m all for eliminating the penny, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is amusing how history repeats itself.&nbsp; Rampant inflation ( worse than ours) caused non-precious currency to basically cease in the Roman empire, after a bunch of failed, short-lived reforms.</p><p><br /></p><p>Valerian: &quot;My coinage is 5% silver.&quot; Shapur of Persia:&quot;Mine is 95%, and kneel, footstool!&quot; (Shapur captured Valerian, and made him taxidermy, if some Christian chroniclers are to be believed).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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