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Re:What This Country Needs is an 18¢ Piece [pdf] by volemo on Saturday December 16, 2023 @12:05PM (#38665799)
Penny is worth less than the metal it’s made out of.

coinnews.net/2022/01/18/penny-costs-2-1-cents-to-make-in-2021-nickel-costs-8-52-cents-us-mint-realizes-381-2m-in-seigniorage/

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Re:What This Country Needs is an 18¢ Piece [pdf] by nullhole on Saturday December 16, 2023 @12:08PM (#38665827)
"How was copper wire invented?"

"Two Scotsmen fighting over a penny."

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Re:What This Country Needs is an 18¢ Piece [pdf] by ThrowawayTestr on Saturday December 16, 2023 @12:41PM (#38666186)
That joke is a little different in every telling of it I've heard.
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Re:What This Country Needs is an 18¢ Piece [pdf] by nullhole on Saturday December 16, 2023 @09:31PM (#38669829)
No true Scotsman, I guess.
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Re:What This Country Needs is an 18¢ Piece [pdf] by noqc on Saturday December 16, 2023 @02:04PM (#38666824)
manufacturing costs are not just input costs. In fact, the ideal coinage the values ordered:

cost to manufacture > fiat value of coin > cost of materials

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