The real reason the US can't drop the cent...

... how will we be able to check our tire tread depth? :too-funny: My older son is working on his Traffic Safety merit badge for Scouts, and without thinking about it I pulled out the trusty Lincoln Cent and showed him how it worked. It was only later that it occurred to me that we would not be able to do that if we ever dropped the cent...

 

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I'll always have my MS65 1909s vdb I can crack out and use...should the need arise.

 

they actually make a gauge for that

 

Isn't this why they put "wear bars" on tires?

The more the wear, the better the traction................until you hit a wet spot that is!

 

How much does that cost you...

 

That only works if the tires wear even.. Living on gravel roads will eat the tires uneven sometimes as well as out of balalnce.. Just sayin.. We do however use that method on the railroad where they use contract van companies to haul us to the train that went dol(dead on law) or other circumstances............

 

As I've mentioned a few times on this forum, the inflationary effect of the cents removal with far outway the few million we're losing in making them. Plus, I love collecting pennies and don't want to see them go away.

 

Where's the fun in that?

 

Only counts in drag racing Lee........

 

I'll say it again, I am all for producing the cent for collectors similar to the current kennedy run, but our economy doesn't need to produce any more cents (unless a tool manufacturer wants to buy the dies so that they can produce tread gauges, but they would probably cost more than a cent). It's not like Canada fell into shambles when they stopped producing cents.

 

Over here we use a €1 or €2 coin for a quick check of the tire profile. The two are bimetallic, and the "ring" is roughly 3 mm (€1) or 4 mm (€2). Legal minimum profile is 1.6 mm, but the recommended profile depth is 3 mm, or 4 for winter tires. So if the ring "disappears" at that spot, your profile is OK.

Christian

 

troll for compliments much?

 

Not nearly as much as Redwin.

 

Yeah, but he's got an ax to grind........

 

With billions of US cents out there, I don't think we'll be running out of "tire gauges" any time soon

 

Anothere reason they have to keep the cent is because of all those machines at zoos and theme parks that turn your penny into a souvenir.

 

Are you talking about the $800 coin which Redwin believes is worth over $7,000,000?

 

Si. Oui. Ja.

 

Without the penny, what would they do with all those empty slots in all the cash registers?

 

Use them for dollar coins? Reasonably sized halfs? OK, OK, I'll stop.

Christian