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graham4anything

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3. US should get rid of all coin/paper.Antiquidated in 2013.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Feb 4, 2013, 08:20 PM

Feb 2013

It wouldn't bother me.
I charge everything but a lotto ticket already anyhow.
Can't remember the last time I used coins. Been years.
(they would just have to allow c/c for lotto).

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Canada stops distribution of penny coin [View all] Eugene Feb 2013 OP

cosidering that a nickel now buys what a penny bought in the 70s Blues Heron Feb 2013 #1

Wonder if US is planning the same.n/t dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #2

It seems unlikely. surrealAmerican Feb 2013 #14

US should get rid of all coin/paper.Antiquidated in 2013. graham4anything Feb 2013 #3

I pay cash for a lot of things. I hate having every little purchase go into the Great Database. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2013 #4

Credit-card and clearing companies approve. BadgerKid Feb 2013 #5

without cash, robberies and muggings would become almost non-existent graham4anything Feb 2013 #6

Until this little hacker pushes a single button and cleans out your bank account derby378 Feb 2013 #15

people evolve. graham4anything Feb 2013 #20

Sure, you can try mega-encryption and security measures - but you can't hack a dollar bill derby378 Feb 2013 #21

what do the two issues have to do with anything anyhow? graham4anything Feb 2013 #22

Ahhh, yes...DU's very own Authoritarian chiming in with their latest piece of Big Brother Theatre... Earth_First Feb 2013 #7

How in the world is this an authoritarian Big Brother issue??? graham4anything Feb 2013 #9

Agreed. There's very little I buy without using a debit card... nt EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #12

taxes energumen Feb 2013 #8

Stores will be rounding to the nearest nickel... SidDithers Feb 2013 #10

im impressed energumen Feb 2013 #13

And it only applies to cash transactions... SidDithers Feb 2013 #16

there goes my checkbook balancing right out the window. eom energumen Feb 2013 #17

The simple solution is to leave the prices as is Recovered Repug Feb 2013 #11

you are correct energumen Feb 2013 #28

The REAL problem is a monetary system that says minting pennies is too expensive derby378 Feb 2013 #18

Japan's sen was abolished during the GHQ (MacArthur) days Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #23

True - I should have made that a little clearer derby378 Feb 2013 #24

A CD priced in tens of thousands of yens would cost hundreds of dollars Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #26

Man, I was way off, wasn't I? derby378 Feb 2013 #27

Today's yen isn't the same as it was back in the '60s and '70s Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #29

Amen to that! u4ic Feb 2013 #19

Finland and the Netherlands now use the Euro Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #25