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   Message 226,811 of 227,699   
   Louis Epstein to Travoltron   
   Re: (slightly OT) Bye bye US pennies   
   12 Feb 25 02:21:15   
   
   From: le@lekno.ws   
      
   Travoltron  wrote:   
   > On 2/11/2025 2:53 PM, J.D. Baldwin wrote:   
   >> U.S. dollar coins are stupid -- they look very close to quarters,   
   >> particularly in low light or for aged coins where the color is not   
   >> perfect.   
   >   
   > Ugh, you unlocked a memory of me putting those things into a machine   
   > thinking they were quarters and massively overpaying, and only realizing   
   > it hours later.   
      
   Shame on the machine for miscategorizing them.   
      
   > Eventually the dollar is going to be so worthless that we won't even   
   > need cents. Kind of like what happened to the yen. I would just wait for   
   > that to happen and eliminate all the coins at once.   
      
   I want more,higher-denomination coins.   
   That's what the Canadians and Europeans have done.   
      
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