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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 140139, member: 68&quot;]The penny makes a great collectible and it would hurt collectors if it were withdrawn because prices would increase as attention was drawn to the denomination and collectors sought to finish their sets.&nbsp; I admit I&#039;d be one of the first to profit as well since it would be the memorial cents and especially the zincolns that had the largest increases in demand.&nbsp; But neither of these reasons is a good reason to keep it or abolish it.&nbsp; Coins are supposed to be made for the purpose of fascilitating commerce and this coin has not fullfilled this fuction in more than 25 years.&nbsp; It is a drain on the economy and as such is hardly even a coin anymore since it lost its function and doesn&#039;t really circulate.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It needs to go.&nbsp; They can make it for mint and proof sets until 2009 but it should not waste resources to sit in drawers and jars.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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