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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coinhead63, post: 1099707, member: 28001&quot;]As far as what &quot;people say&quot; is concerned, I don&#039;t believe it.&nbsp; Some say the penny is dead.&nbsp; Others say we will be a cashless society.&nbsp; I pick up pennies and don&#039;t care who sees me do it even if it&#039;s just one!&nbsp; The penny, IMHO, will continue to be produced with whatever material that will allow the US Mint to show a profit.&nbsp; Even when they can&#039;t make a profit on the cent and/or nickel, just look at the profit made in coining the other denominations.&nbsp; If anything should be trimmed from our monitary system, it should be the paper dollar (circulating life expectancy measured in months vs. coin = 30yrs+).&nbsp; Once the paper bill is unfit for circulation it is sent to be destroyed (cost incurred) and then replaced (another cost incurred).&nbsp; This cycle of print-destroy-reprint is repeated over 25 times while a dollar coin goes bumping and banging in pockets, cash drawers, etc. for 30 or more years.&nbsp; Check your change and see if you find coins minted before 1981.&nbsp; If you didn&#039;t today, perhaps tomorrow. Now check wallet and see if you find any series of bills that go back that far.&nbsp; Most of what you&#039;ll find is what&#039;s been printed from the last series of that denomination.&nbsp; And to those who claim the &quot;weight issue&quot; how often do you have 20 $1 bills in your wallet?&nbsp; While were revamping things, lets get rid of the dead people on our money and return to design ideas like the Mercs, educational notes and such.&nbsp; These were beautiful works of art not ugly like the present incarnation of Thomas Jefferson on the nickel, SBA&#039;s, IKE&#039;s, et al.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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