@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 months agoStop making cents: US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the pennyapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1395cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 months agoDon’t nickels cost like 14 cents each, and won’t we need a lot more of them?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoWe reuse these coins so the cost to produce them is unimportant.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-22 months agoOh for sure, but if the justification is that the penny costs more to make than it is worth then isn’t the nickel in that same boat?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoyes, Im not arguing to get rid of coinage.
Don’t nickels cost like 14 cents each, and won’t we need a lot more of them?
We reuse these coins so the cost to produce them is unimportant.
Oh for sure, but if the justification is that the penny costs more to make than it is worth then isn’t the nickel in that same boat?
yes, Im not arguing to get rid of coinage.