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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 305735, member: 6036&quot;]Yes, I do.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When I was a kid, I noticed that Lincoln cents had mintages of 4 billion a year (Philly alone). Now, on this thread, I find out that the number of cents in circulation is over 600 per person !</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>600 per person ???!??!? Where the heck are all those pennies ?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I rarely have more than 4, b/c that&#039;s all that&#039;s needed to make change. I spend &#039;em.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think most non-numismatists simply don&#039;t bother making exact change and wind up with 100s of &#039;em at home in a jar.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And we complain that the mint is inefficient, b/c the metal in a penny is more than 1c !</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For those concerned about the cost of making cents, we should not ask the mint to make 600 per person.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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