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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;alcochaser, post: 385343, member: 11241&quot;]The two cent piece ultimately did fail. In the short term there was a large shortage of coinage. Even cents. So the public used them. But when the coinage returned, due to de-hoarding and the mint making more. They were cast off. Had the 2 cent been introduced at a time when cents were not short, it would have been as short at the 20 cent piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>The nickel coins were a political creation. In retrospect perhaps it would have been better to have kept the Half Dime... the Mint would still be making those at a profit![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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