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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 431133, member: 307&quot;]Ok, folks... I need something coins to take my mind off of the events of the day...</p><p><br /></p><p>The US has a pending bill in the House of representatives that would re-establish the denomination of the US Half Dime. </p><p><br /></p><p>The current denomination costs 9¢ per coin to mint, 4¢ more than face value. The new coin would be half of the size of the US Dime and would cost closer to 3¢ to mint. The US Mint would then stop coining the 5 Cent denomination completely.</p><p><br /></p><p>I personally dispise the hi-jacking of the current five cent coin by the State of Virginia with the current mandate that it carry the Jefferson effigy and&nbsp; Monticello on the reverse in perpetuity, and see this as not only a common sense move by our government in improving our circulating coinage, but also re-claim the denomination for the people of the ENTIRE country. Not withstanding I am a HUGE Jefferson fan, but tired of the dead presidents theme.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you all think? Does it make sense? Is it a victory for the common man? (Jefferson irony) Do you welcome a smaller coin in your change?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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