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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 26085102, member: 4626&quot;]Quote from the Wikipedia article:</p><p>&quot;Mark Weller has argued that eliminating the penny would lead to retailers rounding prices mainly up, not down, leading to inflation, but has offered little evidence to support this assertion.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Canada eliminated their penny 12 years ago.&nbsp; It did not lead to inflation or significant changes in the behavior of consumers or retailers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mark Weller&#039;s organization also receives funding from the company that supplies zinc planchets to the US Mint.&nbsp; Hardly impartial.</p><p><br /></p><p>The penny&#039;s time has come and passed.&nbsp; It just makes no sense to keep minting a coin that costs more to mint than it&#039;s worth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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