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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 289015, member: 68"]I understand your point but strongly disagree. </p><p><br /></p><p>The biggest problem is THAT IT"S IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE CHANGE. </p><p><br /></p><p>More importantly really is that two cents is too small a unit of change to be concerned with. Personally I wouldn't mind a little 2 1/2c coin about the size of the penny but our educational system has failed so badly that many people couldn't figure out how to use it, so this isn't an option either. </p><p><br /></p><p>The only rational solution is to eliminate the cent and cheapen the nickel. Aluminum would again be my metal of choice but most people in this country act like they're alergic to aluminum so this probably wouldn't fly either. Zinc is out because it would get stuck in baby's GI tract and there would be dozens of deaths each year. Stainless steel or nickel plated steel would probably be the way it would go.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 289015, member: 68"]I understand your point but strongly disagree. The biggest problem is THAT IT"S IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE CHANGE. More importantly really is that two cents is too small a unit of change to be concerned with. Personally I wouldn't mind a little 2 1/2c coin about the size of the penny but our educational system has failed so badly that many people couldn't figure out how to use it, so this isn't an option either. The only rational solution is to eliminate the cent and cheapen the nickel. Aluminum would again be my metal of choice but most people in this country act like they're alergic to aluminum so this probably wouldn't fly either. Zinc is out because it would get stuck in baby's GI tract and there would be dozens of deaths each year. Stainless steel or nickel plated steel would probably be the way it would go.[/QUOTE]
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