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1 posted on 08/21/2008 10:33:44 AM PDT by djsherin
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To: djsherin

I really don’t even know why we still use pennies. All they are good for is paying sales tax in a more precise manner. It takes a roll of pennies to buy anything.


2 posted on 08/21/2008 10:36:22 AM PDT by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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Gresham’s Law is alive and well. I saw it work with amazing rapidity when the clad coins came out in the ‘60s.


3 posted on 08/21/2008 10:39:34 AM PDT by Oatka (A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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To: djsherin

I save copper pennies.


5 posted on 08/21/2008 10:47:57 AM PDT by Salamander (Ain't it funny how the night moves.......with autumn closin' in.......)
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hence my tag....


14 posted on 08/21/2008 12:25:18 PM PDT by M-cubed (Why is "Greshams Law" a law?)
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