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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 4622166, member: 20480&quot;]There is NO COIN SHORTAGE!</p><p><br /></p><p>Americans have, over decades, grown used to throwing their pocket change into a bottle, jar or piggy bank, rather than using it to make exact payment.&nbsp; This has forced the mint to increase to untenable levels the forecast &quot;need&quot;, when in fact it was not needed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d bet my natural teeth that if Americans turned in all of the coins held in their possession, the Mint would have to scramble, looking for a way to justify its existence.&nbsp; They&#039;d probably have to claim the coins returned were all too worn to be recognizable and start a smelting program, or some such nonsense.</p><p><br /></p><p>How many households do you know of, where there isn&#039;t at least one family member who accumulates pocket change until it amounts to enough to go to the bank and request enough paper coin rolls to wrap up a couple hundred dollars?</p><p><br /></p><p>Stop screaming shortage already . . .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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