[US] Get rid of pennies!

[sysyphus]

I voted yes, I think Canada should get rid of them too.

 

[Erik Mesoy]

Here in Norway, the smallest coin is 50øre, or about 7,88 pennies. We got rid of the 10øre (1.58p) coin a while back, and we have coins up to 20Kr (3.15$). There are no plans to change back.

Looks like larger coins and bills are the normal trend.

 

[GinandTonic]

Did a big clean at the weekend, and spent the next couple of days irritating shopkeepers with small change.

Bin the pennies and go digital as far as possible.

 

[bhsup]

NO! My cats love chasing pennies that I throw, but couldn't care less about other change. Yes, I expect the government to waste millions of dollars to keep my cats happy.

 

[woody60707]

ahh, augurey and Cuivienen good thinking, I do remember hearing in the news that dollars only last on the avg 7 years. but just the dime on my desk is from 1982

 

[Gladi]

Bright day
Sure do it. We just got rid of our coin equivalents of 0.4 and .8 cent ( 10 and 20 hallers). Actually merchandise did not change prices- the rounding occurs only at cashier, so if you buy few things it does not afflict you in any way.

 

[Souron]

You'd just have things costing $X.95 instead of $X.99. Some places do that already anyway.

This is inflation at work for you.

 

[Bootstoots]

Eliminate the penny, and start making nickels out of a aluminum instead of a nickel-copper alloy to decrease their price (though that would make "nickel" a misnomer, now that I think of it).

 

[joycem10]

Who are you people to argue against Kevin Federline?

http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/21/news/funny/penny/index.htm

The penny's unlikely backer: Britney's hubby
Britney Spears' husband - K-Fed - becomes one the first to sign petition to save the penny as criticism mounts against the single-cent piece.
By Dave Ellis, CNNMoney.com staff writer
June 21, 2006: 6:43 PM EDT


NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Penny advocates gained an unlikely supporter Wednesday as Britney Spears' husband, Kevin Federline, came out in support of the smallest unit of the U.S. currency system at an event sponsored by cellphone carrier Virgin Mobile.

In an effort to promote its new text messaging service that allows customers to send messages for only a penny, Virgin Mobile said it would begin collecting signatures for a "Save the Penny" petition to convince lawmakers to save the single-cent piece from possible extinction.


Kevin Federline lent his support for the penny at a press conference on Wednesday.

"I feel good about the penny," said Federline, speaking to a crowd of reporters and onlookers from the center of Times Square, before signing his name to the petition.

As of April, the cost to produce a single penny, which is primarily made of zinc with just 2.5 percent worth of copper, exceeded its face value due to rising commodity prices. The cost to produce a penny has risen from .97 cent in 2005 to 1.4 cents, according to the U.S. Mint.

In 2001, Rep. Jim Kolbe, R- Arizona proposed banning the single cent in favor of a rounding system. Kolbe has said he is now considering reintroducing the legislation.

Penny proponents attending Wednesday's event, including Matthew Eggers, policy director for the interest group Americans for Common Cents, urged lawmakers to take their time before trying to push through any legislation that would abolish the penny, arguing commodity prices should ease from their recent highs.

 

[IglooDame]

"Americans for Common Cents" - is this some kind of joke?

And I'm opposed to just about anything Kevin Federline is in favor of, even boinking Britney Spears, but perhaps we should go in the other direction and start making half-penny coins, just to make stupid people's heads explode when they have to figure out sales tax.

 

[.Shane.]

"Americans for Common Cents" - is this some kind of joke?

And I'm opposed to just about anything Kevin Federline is in favor of, even boinking Britney Spears, but perhaps we should go in the other direction and start making half-penny coins, just to make stupid people's heads explode when they have to figure out sales tax.

ROFL, yes, or how about letting people splinter off fragments of pennies?

Seriously though, is there anything near a reasonable argument for keeping pennies?

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

Who are you people to argue against Kevin Federline?

http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/21/news/funny/penny/index.htm

If Kevin Federline thinks it's a good idea, then we all know that it is in fact, not a good idea.

 

[Perfection]

Then what will I stick up my ass?

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

Then what will I stick up my ass?

You'll do this

 

[Eukaryote]

I think pennies are stupid and bad for the econemy. They've gotta go!

 

[TheBladeRoden]

1 point decimal system for all!

that'll be $2.9 dollars.

 

[Warman17]

I like the penny!

I have a jar with many dollars of pennies in it.

 

[IglooDame]

I like the penny!

I have a jar with many dollars of pennies in it.

Cash it in soon...

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I vote for getting rid of paper money, and going back to all metal currency.

 

[Mise]

Can't you just make them 1.4 times smaller in size? Or split them in half, so that they only cost 0.7c to make?