I like pennies. I use pennies.

[lauradi7dw]

https://apnews.com/article/us-mint-treasury-department-penny-end-production-daf6367d7e8d31d6783720d5d4667115

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[sovay]

Trump posted on his Truth Social site then: “For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful!” He said he had instructed his Treasury secretary to stop their production.

Oh, what the hell. This administration just gets its jollies from destruction.

[nosrednayduj]

Canada's been penniless for years now. I think it's overdue. This will have the side effect of providing a space in the cash drawer for $1 coins and maybe we can get rid of the $1 bill as well.

[lauradi7dw]

The dollar coin thing is never going to work (INO). Susan B coins - nope. Other attempts? Nope.
I like dollar bills. They are lighter weight than a sensible sized coin would be. (one of the previous dollar coin attempts was too close to quarter size and people kept messing up, accidentally paying a dollar for instead of 25 cents).

We live in a strange society in which some places don't want you to use cash at all and others charge you extra for using a card.

[lauradi7dw]

Arthur told me today (while finally removing from my house his childhood penny collection, carefully placed into the official-looking blue folders) that he thinks the jump should be directly to dimes. Nickels cost more to make proportional to their value than pennies do to theirs.