Comments on: The Wild, Woolly World of the US Mint http://www.businesspundit.com/the-wild-woolly-world-of-the-us-mint/ Entrepreneurship, Startup Companies and Business Philosophy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:09:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Barr http://www.businesspundit.com/the-wild-woolly-world-of-the-us-mint/comment-page-1/#comment-8980 Robert Barr Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:47:37 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/?p=5467#comment-8980 Doesn't it cost 1.4 cents to make a penny? Also, you can't use it in vending machines or toll booths, except in Illinois. Know why? Cause Lincoln is from Illinois. Weren't we trying to get rid of this friggin' thing? I mean, is there an actual use for a penny today? Tell ya what, let's collect all of the pennies that are stuck in our sofas, stuffed in coffee cans, and laying on the floor of our cars, and maybe we can scrounge up the $700 billion we need to bail out Wall Street. Doesn’t it cost 1.4 cents to make a penny? Also, you can’t use it in vending machines or toll booths, except in Illinois. Know why? Cause Lincoln is from Illinois.

Weren’t we trying to get rid of this friggin’ thing? I mean, is there an actual use for a penny today? Tell ya what, let’s collect all of the pennies that are stuck in our sofas, stuffed in coffee cans, and laying on the floor of our cars, and maybe we can scrounge up the $700 billion we need to bail out Wall Street.

]]> By: john k http://www.businesspundit.com/the-wild-woolly-world-of-the-us-mint/comment-page-1/#comment-8977 john k Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:03:00 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/?p=5467#comment-8977 hey - the $1 coins make more sense all the time. Last week I needed a wheelbarrow of quarters to do the laundry. All the washers work in multiples of $1 and the dryers really should (25c for 4-6 min?) hey – the $1 coins make more sense all the time. Last week I needed a wheelbarrow of quarters to do the laundry. All the washers work in multiples of $1 and the dryers really should (25c for 4-6 min?)

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