| ▲ | guerrilla 5 hours ago |
| > a few pennies (sorry, those don't exist now, how about for a few nickles?) Wait what? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_(United_States_coin) |
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| ▲ | nilamo 4 hours ago | parent [-] |
| From your link: > In late 2025, the Mint halted the production of pennies for circulation, largely due to cost. |
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| ▲ | guerrilla 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Ah damn, that was buried. They ought to change the rest to past tense then. | | |
| ▲ | gnulinux an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | They're still legal tender, you can pay things with them. They just stopped producing new ones. It's supposedly permanent, but they can continue producing it any time in the future if they really wanted to. | |
| ▲ | umanwizard 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Well, they still exist and you can still pay for things with them (though a lot of businesses won’t give you them in change, and just round up to the nearest $0.05). I guess it’ll be a few years before they’re out of circulation entirely. |
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