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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 2484304, member: 77639&quot;]I agree that inflation has pretty much disappeared the cent.&nbsp; At this point, it&#039;s mostly sentimental value and resistance to change (no pun) that keeps it in production.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as zinc industry push for it goes, I&#039;m sure zinc companies that want to supply the mint with it do lobbying.&nbsp; For the industry as a whole, maybe not so much.&nbsp; By my calculations, production of 7 billion cents in 2013 required about 17,500 metric tons of zinc, which is only about 2% of U.S. production.&nbsp; In terms of world production, it was only 0.15%. However, that much zinc was worth $38 million, which is more than the change in the average pocket and could buy a vote or two!</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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