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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clawcoins, post: 3606025, member: 77814&quot;]Yes, we have to remember the decision for the current Zincoln was not today, but in the early 1980s and possibly before.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yes, my local Meijers until recently had some gumball machine that was 1 cent and their horse ride is STILL one cent. I have some pictures/post that showed that a few months ago when chatting about coin machines.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t used a vending machine in ages, but I recall back in college things for .99 cents or $1.49.&nbsp; So at some point even in the 80s they accepted pennies.&nbsp; I always wondered why they just didn&#039;t round it up to $1 or $1.50 but then you just have to think about gasoline.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not my decision.&nbsp; But if you check, the modern quarter is a bit lighter than the past quarter.&nbsp; 6.25 grams vs 5.67 grams which is noticeable especially if you hold 2 or more of them.&nbsp; Of course Dollar coins then went from a large 38.1 diameter / 22.58gr to everyone&#039;s preferred and loved (ack) 26.5mm/8.1 gr coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Until everyone rounds everything up to an even .05 or .10, etc and state TAX rates support that, I think we&#039;re stuck.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The Mint&#039;s job is also to economically produce coinage.</p><p>So they look at alternative metals for the coins, to make sure they can be manufactured easily without much of a change of the current process *and* that it is as low a cost as possible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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