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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1266063, member: 26302&quot;]But the nickel loses more money per coin than the cent. Both current coins cannot continue. I go back to my proposal of a copper plated zinc 5 cent piece, and simply make current cents valued at 5 cents so it would be an easy transition. We really have been spoiled in this country by not dropping a low denomination in over 140 years. Most countries do not have that luxury, and changed coins more often, so they are simply bewildered by US provincial thoughts towards the idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>Go into a bar in Germany and you are in danger of a &quot;pfenning check&quot;, meaning if you don&#039;t have a pfenning you owe a round to everyone. Even before the Euro they hadn&#039;t produced pfennings in decades, bar attendees simply buy one from a coin dealer so they don&#039;t owe a round.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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