In 2013, for the eighth year in a row, the cost of making pennies and nickels cost MORE than the value of the coins.  Pennies cost 1.8 cents to make, nickels cost 9.4 cents.  That means taxpayers lost $105 million on pennies and nickels last year.

By the way, when are we doing away with the penny?

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