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Pennyweight
I was mistaken that the 1st pennies were paper...But...
TAFKASE
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3/20/2008 4:15:04 AM
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How did they come up with the $.03 notes?
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podrock
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3/19/2008 5:41:19 PM
Why not plastic pennies?
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gbaikie
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3/21/2008 6:50:57 AM
It STEEL doesn't make SENSE...
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nick hoffman
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3/21/2008 4:01:19 AM
Correction:
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podrock
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3/19/2008 5:45:30 PM
too bad we can't just do away with them
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SDG
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3/19/2008 6:40:53 PM
No value to a penny.
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podrock
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3/20/2008 2:38:30 AM
1... huh! there's no cent sign on the keyboard any more.
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alcaray
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3/20/2008 2:56:45 AM
maybe the decimal place should be moved.
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podrock
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3/20/2008 3:10:16 AM
showoff!
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alcaray
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3/20/2008 5:18:33 AM
Then we'll have to make sure sales taxes, state and municipal, don't result in penny or nickel change.
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Mary Anne
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3/19/2008 8:21:01 PM
"nickeled and dimed...
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Fox
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3/21/2008 4:24:13 PM
We could certainly get rid of them.
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alcaray
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3/19/2008 7:55:32 PM
We don't need them...
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TAFKASE
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3/19/2008 6:44:40 PM
0.125 = a piece o' eight.
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podrock
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3/20/2008 2:19:33 AM
Aaaaargh!
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ER
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3/20/2008 10:32:39 AM
Thus: "in for a penny, in for a pound."
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podrock
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3/20/2008 2:00:55 PM
I believe there are some asian currencies that are divided in 20ths
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TAFKASE
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3/20/2008 3:51:37 AM
Probably the British legacy
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ER
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3/20/2008 10:35:50 AM
Pennyweight
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podrock
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3/20/2008 4:06:30 AM
I was mistaken that the 1st pennies were paper...But...
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TAFKASE
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3/20/2008 4:15:04 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.