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    " The Debate Of The Penny'' Did you know millions are donated to charities every year?This means the charities use help cure diseases.In the United States, there is a debate going on about on about whether or not we should keep the penny.The U.S Mint should keep the penny because it honors Lincoln, Americans like it, and finally, it helps money for charities. To begin with, we should keep it for charities.Based on article keep making cents charities depend on pennies for cancer research.The charities keep people living they help cure cancer and to explain.They help raise money to help children in need.In conclusion, keeping the penny saves lives. In addition, keeping the penny.They keep prices low according to the penny cash transitions…

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    Abolishing The Penny

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    in 1797, the penny has begun to experience a surprising amount of opposition from Americans (Kahn). In the modern world, the penny has become almost obsolete; few American stores sell any product for a mere penny as it has become so devalued that it has little independent function. In fact, since 2005, individual pennies have cost more than one cent to produce, resulting in a net loss for the federal government. Ultimately, pennies have little practicality in the modern world and are of…

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    Benefit Of The Penny

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    Should we keep the penny? Does the penny have limited use? Why is it still in circulation? These are all questions people ask that don't want the penny in our coin system. I myself am for the penny and personally I do not believe that they will never get rid of the penny because of the history that has been behind it for so long and for many other reasons. At the end of this paragraph I hope you are for the penny because of how important it is to the U.S.A If we get rid of the penny prices will…

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    Are Pennies Worthless

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    Pennies are worthless. No one ever uses them unless it’s to throw at their siblings. The penny costs more than it's worth to produce, let alone to distribute and count. there are already places (like the military) who have stopped wasting their time trying to distribute and count out thousands of pennies each day. Hera are just a few reasons you should get rid of the penny. You might think that the penny is worth something because of how long we’ve had it. Maybe you even think that pennies are…

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    Problems Of Pennies

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    The Problems of Pennies MaKenzi Bowden Snow College English 2010 October 27, 2016 The Problem of Pennies The writers grandparents know that a penny is worth more than one cent even though it only costs one cent. They always pick up pennies whenever they see them and never leave them on the ground. Benjamin Franklin once said, “A penny saved is a penny earned” (BrainyQuote 2016). If you pick up every penny that you find, they eventually will add up sooner or later. Nowadays, there is nothing that…

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    Penny Lab

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    lab, the two main topics are surface tension and pennies. Pennies are a part of the US currency, which holds a value of one cent. They were mostly made by copper until 1982 when the government realized the expenses of using copper; thus, the composition was changed to 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper or copper plated zinc. It has a diameter of 19.05 mm and a thickness of 1.52 mm and is forged using four procedures: Blanking, Annealing, Upsetting, and Striking. The design of the penny holds two…

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    Abolish The Penny Essay

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    There are so many pennies in the world, but the question has arised whether or not to eliminate the penny. When you hear the word penny what do you think of? Do you think of a worthless no good coin that just takes up empty space? Or do you think of the penny as valuable and as something that holds value to our American Society? There is many different opinions of the penny today from all around the world. The penny dates back for as long as most people can remember. The penny should be kept…

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    Essay On Loss Of Pennies

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    The U.S. Mint should cease the production of pennies due to their waste of money to make, waste of time, their uselessness, and the money that the public will save from its elimination. Firstly, let's look at the penny's waste of money, the current cost to make one penny is about 1.7 cents. This is a significant increase since a century ago, when the penny was worth what the quarter is today. In 2014, the government spent $132 million on $50 million worth of pennies. In other words, we threw…

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    Penny Synthesis Essay

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    count their change to an exact value. Due to this, the existence of the penny has become a marginal inconvenience of the modern day. Altogether, the American penny is no longer practical or necessary in a world where time is money, and time is being wasted counting a cent at a time. In the present day of 2017, Americans no longer have the time for simple inconveniences. At the swipe of a card, purchases can be made in as…

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    Essay On Banning Pennies

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    reason to have the penny anymore all they do is cost people money to make them, and they take up a lot of space on our dressers, wallets, counters and etc. They also take up a lot of time if we didn't have to penny we would have more time to do other things instead of counting pennies for hours of the day.There is a particular debate about how pennies should be banned like the space they take up, time that they occupy and how much they cost. Those are a few reasons why the penny should be…

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