WIBX 950 » penny http://wibx950.com Your News Talk and Sports Leader Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:29:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Debate: The U.S. Penny… Obsolete? http://wibx950.com/debate-the-u-s-penny-obsolete/ http://wibx950.com/debate-the-u-s-penny-obsolete/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:42:22 +0000 Keith James http://lite987.com/?p=93505 Many of us when breaking a dollar end up discarding our spare change into a jar at home and forgetting about it, or generously plunking it into the many charity drop-boxes including that iconic red Salvation Army kettle.  But out of all of the coins that have been circulating for centuries, is Benjamin Franklin’s penny actually ready for retirement?

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]]> http://wibx950.com/should-we-keep-the-penny/feed/ 0 puuikibeach, Flickr Hardware Store Bans Pennies http://wibx950.com/hardware-store-bans-pennies/ http://wibx950.com/hardware-store-bans-pennies/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 11:28:43 +0000 Kristine Bellino http://wibx950.com/?p=70304 Coconut Grove, FL (WIBX) - The owner of Shell Lumber in Coconut Grove is banishing the penny from his registers.

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