Comments on: U.S. Mint Decides New Penny Makes Sense

CBS Evening News: Four New Pennies Depict Scenes From Lincoln's Life

[redbds]

ummmm.... pennies are made of zinc with a copper coating.

Posted by msgtsteve at 11:03 AM : Sep 23, 2008

I stand corrected. At any rate they could use a less expensive metal to keep the cost down.

[redbds]

Pennies, like ALL change needs to go. It''''s like the most archaic and ridiculous thing in our electronic society. Print coins for collectors but stop this stupid madness. We should all be electronic by now. Why does this persist? It''''s like standing behind someone at the grocery store and they take out their checkbook. WHY?!!!

Posted by MyOpinion1 at 07:20 AM : Sep 23, 2008

What you are talking about is anarchy! What happens when all of these computer take a dump? We are getting way too dependent on technology.

[redbds]

Why are they going to make changes in something they are doing away with?

Oh yeah, it is the FED govt., if you can waste it, it must be worth it.

Posted by docpeter1953 at 10:29 AM : Sep 23, 2008

Don''t try to use common sense when dealing with what the government does. You will make your self crazy doing that. You would think that they would at least get away from copper to lower the cost.

[docpeter1953]

I thouhgt I heard/read somewhere that it cost more to mint a penny than a penny is worth, AND that the FED was considering doing away with it anyway.

Why are they going to make changes in something they are doing away with?

Oh yeah, it is the FED govt., if you can waste it, it must be worth it.

[getoffmine]

so how much do we have to pay the FED to mint these new pennies? Aren''t we looking to cut costs anywhere possible.
Maybe we can take a Reagan like approach and start giving poor kids ketchup in place of a vegetable in school meals. We can offset the cost of minting new (basically useless) pennies and the FED is happy. Thats all that matters right?

[omega40]

he familiar face remains, but on the back are new images that depict Lincoln''s life.

From his birth in a log cabin to his work as a rail splitter to the beginning of his professional career and finally his presidency - when the Capitol Dome was a work in progress.


It would of been much more fitting to put Bush''s picture on the penny. Perhaps under the slogan "Let''s have a beer together".

[myopinion1]

Pennies, like ALL change needs to go. It''s like the most archaic and ridiculous thing in our electronic society. Print coins for collectors but stop this stupid madness. We should all be electronic by now. Why does this persist? It''s like standing behind someone at the grocery store and they take out their checkbook. WHY?!!!

[babooph]

WE can make them out of wood with paper glued on,like the mill we had -of course that mill was worth more than the modern penny.

[airboatboy1]

Hey Luca Ponti! How about gettin'' out from behind that computer screen and teachin'' your countrymen a little personal hygiene and manners and then you might be welcome in this country! Maybe.

[airboatboy1]

Hey Luca Ponti! How about gettin''m out from behind that computer screen and teachin'' your countrymen