Castanet - Oct 26, 2016 / 7:25 pm | Story: 179349
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An internal federal analysis shows the government has studied the pros and cons of the nickel — but Ottawa insists it has no plans to force the five-cent coin into retirement, as it did the penny.
When the Royal Canadian Mint yanked the penny from circulation in 2013, the nickel became the country's smallest circulating denomination of pocket change.
Since then, many people have expected it would only be a matter of time before Ottawa also eliminated the nickel.
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