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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 3474670, member: 16729&quot;]An inquiry at the Japan Mint might result in a reply.</p><p><br /></p><p>I only say this because I once asked a question there about how many South Korean Mint employees had received training in Japan in the 1960s.... and I received an informative answer from them!&nbsp;&nbsp; They&#039;re quite responsive, I found.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen in an online interview with US Mint Director, Ed Moy, who once said that the One Cent coin is still used in the USA because &quot;our customers still want it in circulation.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Does dropping the Cent require an act of congress in the USA?&nbsp; Or is that a call that the Treasury or Mint can make?&nbsp;&nbsp; I wonder the same about Japan.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t yet heard of an official answer from Japanese officials for the continued use of the One-Yen coin.&nbsp; I wonder what the reason the Japan Mint might give for continuing the circulation of this, their lowest-value coin?&nbsp; Is it for the purpose of making exact change, like some here have said?&nbsp;&nbsp; Or does dropping it also require legislation?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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