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Originally Posted by 911 Rod
What is a penny and why would you want it?
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Ahem, to put through the souvenir penny masher at museums and stuff. I have a cache of pre-1982 US 1c coins just for that purpose. Yes, I am a geek. Once they shifted to copper-clad zinc in 1983 they don't mash so nicely and are streaky with the Zn.
And we are still blessed with the nearly obsolete coin due to a few Abe-loving Illinoinians and the massive zinc lobby. Kind of like allegedly that it's the linen industry and Crane Paper in MA keeping the dollar bill alive.
Now on a deeper level, what the heck is a 1/10 penny and how does that even have a place in our gas prices?