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[–] [email protected] 80 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Ngl I can't even think of anything that only costs a dollar nowadays

[–] [email protected] 57 points 5 months ago (2 children)

In 1857, Congress eliminated the half penny because it was worthless.

At the time the buying power of the half penny was more than a penny, a nickel, a dime, and two more pennies. 18 cents was the value when Congress said it was not worth making the coin anymore.

We could eliminate three of our coins without affecting the economy, but doing so would draw attention to inflation.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Okay but now we have a zinc lobby so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Yeah but a dime works great as a carb cap for my q7 I dropped

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Well, it could be around a dollar.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah it’s time to do away with ¢ and have something above $s

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The dollar is metric, so we already have such a system. People often use kilodollars already, e.g. writing $2k instead of $2,000, but we could start using decadollars ($10) hectodollars ($100), too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Good point.

I guess I would be a decanaire then!

… I’m so broke. Send me your leftovers.