In article >,
Doug Freyburger > wrote:

> Dan Abel wrote:
> > Doug Freyburger > wrote:
> >
> >> If you tracked inflation since 1863 when they dropped the half cent
> >> because inflation had made it not worth carrying they would now drop all
> >> coins but the dollar. Yet folks say that dropping the cent would
> >> "cause" inflation.
> >
> > Seems pretty silly, doesn't it? It's been some years now, since I
> > noticed that little kids won't bother to bend over to pick up pennies.
> > They are so worthless that even small children find little use for them.
>
> I filter cents and nickels for date and keep the ones I think are
> interesting. Otherwise they go with all of the dimes into the jar that
> eventually gets emptied into the Coinstar machine.

Yup. Coins are so valuable here in the US that nobody will take them in
bulk. You have to go to a machine that charges you 10% to get rid of
them!

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA