US Mint presses final pennies as production ends after more than 230 years
US Mint presses final pennies as production ends after more than 230 years
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US Mint presses final pennies as production ends after more than 230 years
The U.S. ended production of the penny Wednesday, abandoning the 1-cent coins that were embedded in American culture for more than 230 years as symbols of frugality and the price of a person’s thoughts but had become nearly worthless.
When it was introduced in 1793, a penny could buy a biscuit, a candle or a piece of candy. Now most of them are cast aside to sit in jars or junk drawers, and each one costs nearly 4 cents to make.
One good thing trump did
yup a good thing
now everything will jump in price. jump anywhere from 1 penny to 4 pennies. no company is going to round the cost down to the nearest 5 cents. they will round up. It might not be much per item but add up everything you buy in a year. it will add up.
I mean that's not what happened in other countries that did it
dude I work at a bank and it's been such a pain in the ass. all the old people want to buy all our pennies!!!
Broken clock and all that.
Project Lightspeed was also incredible. But that’s about it.
Trump is our time’s Andrew Jackson but somehow worse.