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Is it about time, or is it still useful? If you think its time has passed, what about the nickel/dime/quarter?

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[-] dance_ninja@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I think I remember hearing that the cost to make a penny is now more than one cent. Considering you can't really do anything with them, I'd say it's time to discontinue the penny at the very least.

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