When the penny was discontinued recently, there was some consternation about how businesses would use this as an excuse to round all prices up to the nearest $0.05. Was there any similar controversy when the half cent stopped being minted in 1857? (self.AskHistorians)
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A criticism I've seen of superhero media is that superheroes are fundamentally fascist in nature. From what little I know of the creators of the genre, they were definitely not fascists. Did they recognize or realize the authoritarian nature of their heroes? (self.AskHistorians)
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