Comment Really? (Score 1) 1
I'm pretty sure there is a previous discovery. This system has and planets and once had 9!
I was a Marine stationed in Japan, and we used dollars on base for everything. We didn't use pennies though; they said it cost too much money to transport them over (I'd think the total number would remain relatively static, but whatever).
Many people dump their pennies in a jar, leave them in their car console and don't bother to pick them up when they hit the ground. The BX/PX would have to constantly replace the supply.
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