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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 1524947, member: 18157&quot;]I agree...we should confiscate the profits of large corporations to pay reparations to anyone who is the descendent of a poor person&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />...but that wasn&#039;t the point of the thread. I was simply trying to point out (in relative terms) how truly worthless our coinage is and how ridiculous it is to keep making more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you realize there&#039;s a $1.5M study going on right now to find cheaper coinage materials so the government can continue making these worthless coins?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinworld.com/articles/u-s-mint-exploring-alternative-metal-options/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/articles/u-s-mint-exploring-alternative-metal-options/" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinworld.com/articles/u-s-mint-exploring-alternative-metal-options/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Many businesses in the Baltimore/Washington area don&#039;t even keep pennies. The productivity gain they get by simply truncating final sales totals to the nearest nickel, dime, or quarter far exceeds the cost. You go to just about any fine restaurant and their menu/wine prices are in whole dollars, only.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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