The U.S. has ended production of the penny. The last 1-cent coins were made Wednesday at the mint in Philadelphia.

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.

    • JandroDelSol@lemmy.world
      9·
      3 days ago

      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!!!

    • andrewta@lemmy.world
      124·
      3 days ago

      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.

        • Zahille7@lemmy.world
          14·
          3 days ago

          This is the US, where companies and corporations are free to screw over as many people as they possibly can.

          It’s not gonna be rounded down. I’d be pretty damn surprised.

            • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              3 days ago

              Sounds like how McDonald’s decided to update their pricing when “record inflation” was all over the news.

              • Zahille7@lemmy.world
                2·
                2 days ago

                I’m not gonna lie, I wish In-N-Out was more widespread. Their pricing is leagues better than everyone else imo.

                It’s still only $10-11 for a combo meal there. And it’s consistently good every time.

        • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          3 days ago

          Other countries actually passed laws and planned for the removal from circulation. Businesses had rules for how to handle it.

          None of that happened here. This was done entirely without any plans for implementation. There are no rules for businesses to follow.

          • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
            2·
            2 days ago

            It also illegal because Congress controls how we mint and control money. Trump wasn’t allowed to do this. But what do I know I just follow the constitution.