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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 372869, member: 68&quot;]Yes there are massive overhead costs that won&#039;t go away if they stop the cent but how do you think we got those costs?&nbsp; We&#039;ve been churning out 10 or 15 billion cents each year and when we have to build a die shop it is charged against all the denominations.&nbsp; The cents took up much of the production capability until the states quarters came around but these are made at a massive profit. </p><p><br /></p><p>It would increase the cost of making the other coins somewhat to simply eliminate the cent but it would be many years until more capital projects are needed to increase capacity.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the cost of the cent isn&#039;t really visible.&nbsp; It&#039;s not the .26c we lose on each one that represents a massive loss.&nbsp; It&#039;s the cost of counting, handling, and transporting these worthless little things that is the real money eater.&nbsp; It&#039;s the loss of interest and capital from having 200 billion of them lying around doing nothing.&nbsp; You can&#039;t claim they are circulating when 25 year old cents are still unc or unc except for the rot.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The nickel need to be made more cheaply and the cent needs to go.&nbsp; The pennies should be recalled and melted to remove their toxicity from the enviroment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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