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<p>[QUOTE="AlexN2coins2004, post: 715658, member: 19049"]all I gotta say is if a product now costs a penny and then costs a nickel with the loss of the penny I think I just lost 4 cents add that up say 10 times a day that's 40 cents a day and say 365 days a year it's $146.00</p><p>I personally would not want to lose that much money for the sake of thorwing the cent out the window I say just make it out of something cheaper then it's cost or say screw it and keep it</p><p> </p><p>how much money does the government waste anyways compared to amount lost from minting cents it's probably like a cent in a 5 gallon bucket <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>p.s. if the penny costs so much why not just let the profits the mint makes off all the products it's sells pay for it or past the cost on to banks since we have to pay fee after fee anyways...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AlexN2coins2004, post: 715658, member: 19049"]all I gotta say is if a product now costs a penny and then costs a nickel with the loss of the penny I think I just lost 4 cents add that up say 10 times a day that's 40 cents a day and say 365 days a year it's $146.00 I personally would not want to lose that much money for the sake of thorwing the cent out the window I say just make it out of something cheaper then it's cost or say screw it and keep it how much money does the government waste anyways compared to amount lost from minting cents it's probably like a cent in a 5 gallon bucket :D p.s. if the penny costs so much why not just let the profits the mint makes off all the products it's sells pay for it or past the cost on to banks since we have to pay fee after fee anyways...[/QUOTE]
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