Wednesday, January 24, 2007

A penny saved is a...nickel earned?



While Kevin Federline attempts to save the penny by proving that uselessness knows the value of other useless things, it seems that Fed-Ex may indeed have a bright idea, as with the recent rise in the price of copper and an anticipated coin shortage due to people hoarding and melting them down, could turn the one cent piece into a 5 cent piece. By "rebasing" the penny and making it the same value as a nickel, the coin shortage problem could potentially be circumvented. Read more about it here.

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