Penny debate in the United States
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title:
Penny debate in the United States
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A debate exists within the United States government and American society at large over whether the one-cent coin, the penny, should be eliminated as a unit of currency in the United States. The penny costs more to produce than the one cent it is worth, meaning the seigniorage is negative – the government loses money on every penny that is created. Several bills introduced in the U.S. Congress would have ceased production of pennies, but none have been approved. Such bills would leave the five-ce
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Potential abolition of the United States penny
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_debate_in_the_United_States
date created:
2006-07-18T19:10:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T11:19:52Z
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