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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2716108, member: 27832&quot;]Once you&#039;ve done that, what&#039;s the point? How is it different from our current situation, where there&#039;s (runs off to check Coinflation) $13.37 worth of copper and nickel in $100 worth of dimes, quarters, halves, and Ikes?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure whether you actually are arguing for circulating silver coinage. If you are, I can&#039;t tell whether you&#039;re doing so because you love silver, or because you&#039;re <i>really</i> arguing for larger-denomination coins ($10, $100, $5000).</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that it&#039;s silly to have the same denominations that we had in the 1800s, while the dollar has lost 90-odd percent of its value. But we won&#039;t get larger denomination banknotes -- that battle&#039;s already lost -- and nobody will admit defeat by discontinuing the cent/nickel/dime.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just don&#039;t see any path to anything other than fully electronic money, and the death of cash.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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