Re: Making change

On Mon, 12 May 2025 2:47:57 +0000, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

On 2025-05-10, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
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I find it hard to comprehend that somebody, anybody,
doesn't teach people how to count change back when
not given the correct change or their cash register
is down.  It only takes once or twice practicing
to learn how to count the change back.

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I literally haven't used change since the pandemic started (March 15,
2020) for me. I still have some change in my truck, but it's starting to
get an aged patina on it. Is old metal money worth anything? Is any
metal money worth anything? Let's drop the decimal after the dollar
sign and move on.
Wait! Paper pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, that's the ticket!
Shut down the Treasury coin minters! I should get in touch with Elon.
DOGE! DOGE! DOGE!
Alas, a printed penny piece of paper is still worth more than a penny,
and I don't want my taxes to pay for it. :(

How much does it cost to produce a penny?
The penny, whose face value is a modest 1 cent, cost about 3.7 cents to
make last year. They aren't the only expensive coin. Nickels cost about
13.8 cents to make in 2024, despite them being valued at only 5 cents.
The disproportional cost of penny and nickel production isn't a new
issue.  Feb 13, 2025
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