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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 2040976, member: 69760&quot;]Just curious... didn&#039;t the Canadians switch to steel pennies and maybe steel for other denominations? And, didn&#039;t they then come to the conclusion to get rid of the penny in February 2013 since there was no way around choosing an effective and cheaper alternative metal? It would be interesting to see how it&#039;s going for them as a case study for reasons why or why not the US should follow suit. The US probably produces more coins by volume so perhaps economies of scale makes it slightly cheaper to produce coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The below picture shows a glimpse of what life&#039;s like without the penny for Canada, for better or for worse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]372577[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.mint.ca/store/mint/about-the-mint/phasing-out-the-penny-6900002" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mint.ca/store/mint/about-the-mint/phasing-out-the-penny-6900002" rel="nofollow">http://www.mint.ca/store/mint/about-the-mint/phasing-out-the-penny-6900002</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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