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Toga
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 Posted: Fri Mar 30 12 11:17 pm Post subject: Our Crazy Brothers and Sisters of the north |
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Canada is getting rid of the penny. Yup those copper colored coins well all love to toss into 5 gallon buckets or old water bottles. What do you think? 
http://now.msn.com/money/0329-canada-pennies.aspx
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MacEggs
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30 12 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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Finally!!  That's not crazy!
They're a friggin' nuisance, IMO. 
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GF
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30 12 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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I gotta agree with MacEggs on this one, wish the U.S. would do the same.
Try bringing a water jug full of pennies to the bank. 
When production cost exceeds the face value, time to go away. |
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roxy
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Hell Fire Grill
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02 12 12:08 am Post subject: |
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The price of everything already ends in .99, so whats one more penny?
Anything that ever was a penny will now cost you 5.
The penny will be a collector's item from now on, what will they be worth now? |
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Toga
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02 12 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder if they will start appearing in Walmart stores across Ontario
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Fig Pucker
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| Posted: Tue Apr 03 12 12:04 am Post subject: |
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| GF wrote: | | ....When production cost exceeds the face value, time to go away. |
I'm not so sure about that. A penny is not a single use item. It get's re-used hundreds if not thousands of times. A penny can stay in circulation for many many years. So I don't think eliminating it because it cost more than $.01 to produce is a valid argument. The Goverment isn't "losing" money to produce the cent coin.
Nickels also cost more than 5 cents to produce.
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"...Anything that ever was a penny will now cost you 5."
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Or, you will have to buy a minimum of 5.
Myself, I love saving change in a big jar and haul it to the bank a few times a year to get it counted in the machine. I never fail to walk away with a few hundred bucks (this is mixed change).
The past few years I started tossing the money from the change maching into a specific checking acount and saving it up for "toys". So far it's helped pay for my new 55" Samsung TV and a most recently Weber EP330 
Keep the Penny!!!!!
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roxy
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I save my change as well and we have one and two dollar coins so it sure does add up fast.
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Tim_Abrahamson
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I wonder if they take Loonies?
(Canadian 1$ coins)
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| I just thought about this yesterday as I was walking out of the store and dropped a penny. When I was deciding whether or not to bend over and pick it back up I decided if I left it there it would be the same a littering. It really made me think about the value of a penny since in my head I equated it to be more equal to trash than say a quarter. |
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Toga
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I saw those today. They are sweeeeeeet. I may just have to drive a half hour to Windsor to see if I can snatch one up.
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