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1.4 Cents For Your Thoughts
http://cenblog.org/ 2008/ 05/ 07/ 14-cents-for-your-thoughts/
My stash is rolled up in paper packets. My friend’s is in the back of a drawer in his dresser. Interest groups have been tussling for years about whether to rid the U.S. of it completely. Before you jump to conclusions, you should know that I’m talking about pocket change–the penny and nickel specifically. Yesterday, the House debated a bill that could lead to a cheaper reformulation of the penny and the nickel.Why would they want to do that? Well, the metals that make up these coins cost more than they used to, and it now costs more than a penny to make a penny (around 1.4 cents, depending on fluctuating metal values).
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