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To: gundog

Why produce it at a 75% loss? It’s still wasteful spending. The quantity produced with the various mints adds up.In 2023 they produced 4.5 billion of them. That doesn’t make cents...


46 posted on 02/10/2025 2:41:09 PM PST by foundedonpurpose (Praise Hashem, for his restoration of all things! )
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Bad pun intended. That’s a lot of $


47 posted on 02/10/2025 2:47:30 PM PST by foundedonpurpose (Praise Hashem, for his restoration of all things! )
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Factor in the ones they mint for profit. San Francisco produces cents in proofs only. They were doing quarters for sale at neatly twice face value. Consider the penny a loss leader.
48 posted on 02/10/2025 2:51:46 PM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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