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Top Ten Reasons Not to Discontinue the Penny

(submitted by qwertyuiop)

10. Will no longer have a use for those empty mayonaise jars! (Oops I did it again.)
9. If we let them take our penny...then the terrorists win. (RAM)
8. Putting quarters on the railroad tracks really will cause trains to crash. (Geoduck)
7. Nickels too dangerous to throw off the Empire State Building. (ardnax)
6. Engraved portraits of our sixteenth president, virtually free! (Oren Otter)
5. It would deprive retailers the pleasure of calculating prices to always insure 4 pennies in your change. (whyBother)
4. It would alter the Lincoln/Washington currency balance. (McNally)
3. Many are still disconsolate after the passing of the half-penny in 1857. (Arcola Mike)
2. It mellows the timbre of pocket change - more samba, less hip-hop. (Magus Noan)
1. Real fuses are freaking expensive. (finlero)

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