Pennies Are Still Useless, And Nickels Cost Eight Cents To Make

(oneiroi)Printing and minting money is one of the privileges that government has. In theory, this is a privilege because the face value of coins is more than they cost to make. The problem is that while we still have one-cent and five-cent coins here in the United States, those coins are worth less than they were decades ago when they were designed.

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