Re: OT currency (was Re: Quoting styles (was Re: Antipassive?))

On Thu, 29 May 2008 08:14:57 -0400, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:

>There's been a movement afoot over here for years to abolish the
>penny.  I think the nickel is now in the same category (more expensive
>than itself to mint).  So I agree,  both should go. Then we could just
>drop the last digit of prices, if not for those pesky quarters.  So
>get rid of them, too! Dimes, 50-cent-pieces (a new design that's not
>so frickin huge, plz; maybe nickel-sized), dollars. With no quarter
>the dollar coin has nothing to be confused with.....
Naw, keep the quarter, but revalue the dime to 12.5 cents.  That way...
*pauses, momentarily thinking better of it*  that way, we'd finally have a
_real_ system of coinage again ;-)

Alex

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