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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 7500871, member: 102103&quot;]I think for those of us who grew up with the inflation of the 1970s, there is a natural suspicion of anything which rings of a return to inflation.&nbsp; The shift away from 90% silver money in 1964 (and the 40% silver half in 1970) was a recent memory.&nbsp; Even though the removal of the silver coinage didn&#039;t cause the subsequent inflation, it felt as it it were a sign that the government had given up on seriously combatting inflation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, the US cent is too small a value to be of much practical use, but whatever administration discontinues it will probably be blamed for the inflation which is likely to follow.&nbsp; The poor unloved cent is a canary in the coal mine for future inflation, even though it won&#039;t be the cause.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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