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2. Price everything in nickels you have the same granularity as 1975 when the penny had a 2025 nickel's value

Thu Oct 30, 2025, 05:47 PM

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Banks and retailers run short on pennies as the US Mint stops making them [View all] Eugene 18 hrs ago OP

I remember a "penny shortage" of the 1980s RazorbackExpat 2 hrs ago #3