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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 289328, member: 68&quot;]The cost of fabrication is probably over one cent for any metal.&nbsp; There is no material cheap enough when you add in the cost of making the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>More importantly the fact still remains that it costs more to use a penny than to round off.&nbsp; There is still a loss of time and effort even if pennies were free.&nbsp; Even if the metal were free and it was made into a coin for free it&#039;s still a waste of space.&nbsp; Many things are priced in 1/3 or 1/10 cent.&nbsp; Are we next going to look for a material to make .1, .333..., and .23 cent coins to even out purchases?&nbsp; Where does it end?&nbsp; The Lincoln was a lot of money when it started back in 1909.&nbsp; It is far less than the lowest common denominator now.&nbsp; There are no consumer goods that cost less than about 8.5c any longer so why have a coin that is needed in piles to buy the cheapest item in the world?&nbsp; This is the 21st century and gumballs cost a quarter now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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