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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mgk920, post: 4609321, member: 34365&quot;]The 1¢ should have been dropped in 1982, when they switched from bronze to that truly *AWFUL* copper plated zinc composition.&nbsp; It is the worst composition that I have even seen a coin being made out of.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only thing that coins below 25¢ are useful for now is the fine parsing of state and local sales taxes, not &#039;legitimate&#039; commerce.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I were the dictator of these issues, I would use coins for:</p><p>- 25¢</p><p>- 50¢ (make it a smaller size)</p><p>- $1 (its current size/composition are just fine as it is)</p><p>- $2 (new denomination to the USA)</p><p>- $5 (reintroduced denomination)</p><p>and banknotes for:</p><p>- $10</p><p>- $20</p><p>- $50</p><p>- $100</p><p>- $200 (new denomination to the USA)</p><p>- $500 (reintroduced denomination)</p><p>(All banknotes to be made of a polymer base)</p><p><br /></p><p>My measure for &#039;coin v. banknote?&#039; is &quot;Can I buy a decent lunch with one of them and get change back?&quot;&nbsp; If it is &#039;Yes&#039;, then it should be a banknote, if &#039;No&#039;, it should be a coin.&nbsp; $10 is starting to get close to that edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;What about parsing sales taxes?&quot;</p><p>&quot;Set your rate cards to round the tax on cash transactions to the nearest 25¢ instead of to the nearest 1¢.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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