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Trump makes no cents [1]
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Date: 2025-02-10
Trump wants to stop making the one-cent coin.
This is not a new idea. It takes more than one cent to make each coin. Years ago the cent stopped being made from copper to zinc with copper plating.
There have been many proposals to stop making cents, but they have always been shot down. Some have claimed tht doing away with cents would promote inflation. Others want a way to keep the memory alive.
By the way, the name of the coin is CENT, not Penny. A Penny is an English coin. A cent comes from the Latin word for 100, centum, thus a cent is 1/100th of a dollar.
One point of putting a society’s notable people on money, coins, or bills, is to promote common culture and knowledge of history.
Still, the symbolism of getting rid of the coin honoring Lincoln, the president who freed the slaves and kept the Union together by a wanna-be dictator who would reenact slavery and split the Union anew is very rich and apropos, IMHO.
Perhaps Lincoln could be put on a different coin. I propose we bring back the Eagle, which is the denomination of $10. Eagle coins used to be widely circulated in the past, and a $10 coin might be useful in the modern world, especially if it is honored and kept Lincoln’s image in public circulation. Alternatively Lincoln could be on the half-eagle, $5, which would echo Lincoln on the $5 bill.
It’s just a thought. Please don’t hurt me.
#jtg
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