http://lite987.com The Best Variety Of Yesterday And Today Thu, 23 May 2013 10:08:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://lite987.com/debate-the-u-s-penny-obsolete/ http://lite987.com/debate-the-u-s-penny-obsolete/#comments Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:42:22 +0000 Keith James http://lite987.com/?p=93505 Many of us when breaking a dollar end up discarding our spare change into a jar at home and forgetting about it, or generously plunking it into the many charity drop-boxes including that iconic red Salvation Army kettle.  But out of all of the coins that have been circulating for centuries, is Benjamin Franklin's penny actually ready for retirement?

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