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Re:Death by Inches: The battle over the metric system in Ame... by Dylan16807 on Saturday August 09, 2014 @09:59PM (#8158595)
I actually would support changing the divisions of the dollar to a non-base-ten standard. Specifically I would make it dollars and quarters and dispense with anything smaller. We used to have a half-penny coin. We got rid of it when a penny was the same value as a quarter today.
Re:Death by Inches: The battle over the metric system in Ame... by jarek on Sunday August 10, 2014 @12:45PM (#8160093)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-2-5_series#1-2-5_series and start at 10c or 20c.

Actually, arguments advanced to support the American penny are interestingly similar to those advanced to support the American customary measures.