99.9 KTDY » penny http://999ktdy.com The Best of the 80s, 90s & Today Sun, 19 May 2013 23:37:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Canada Does Away With Penny; America To Follow? http://999ktdy.com/canada-does-away-with-penny-america-to-follow/ http://999ktdy.com/canada-does-away-with-penny-america-to-follow/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:15:00 +0000 JayCee http://999ktdy.com/?p=63025 According to reports, the Canadian penny costs 1.6 cents to produce, prompting the Canadian Government to cut funding for production of the coin, beginning this year.

Now get this: the American penny costs 2.4 cents to mint, almost 2 1/2 times the value of the co

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