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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 526879, member: 68&quot;]I would hope the FED would recall these and destroy them in the name of public safety.&nbsp; They are highly toxic and potentially fatal so leaving them around homes is not a good idea.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If they just quit making them there would be none in circulation in very short order.&nbsp; As soon as an area didn&#039;t have enough cents to meet bank demand there would be a shortage which would cascade as people started hoarding them.&nbsp; Under current economic conditions this would happen very quickly.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The good thing about getting rid of cents is that there would be a spike in collecting them as people would realize they&#039;re gone forever.&nbsp; It wouldn&#039;t be good for long term prices but it would in the short term.&nbsp; The best thing is that it would save the economy billions of dollars in increased efficiency of the currency system.&nbsp; It would get the pennies out of parking lots and the other places you see them littered.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The decision should be based on what&#039;s right for Americans and America.&nbsp; If it were the coin would have been eliminated long ago.&nbsp; It&#039;s even more right for Americans now though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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