Say goodbye to pennies..

[ironglowz]

  Feds have stopped production of pennies..  Businesses already being told to start "rounding up or down" to nearest nickel.

   Banks will soon start retaining any pennies they get in..

[Dixie-Dude]

Sad, but it costs about $0.03 to make a penny.  Government was loosing money to make pennies and they were 90% zinc today.  Then, I read there is $0.07 in a nickel.  A nickel is worth more in the raw metal than in it's stamped value.  They could make pennies out of aluminum and put a copper coating on them.  Don't know why they haven't.  Could be weight.  Blind people can feel the weight of a coin and feel the edges to see if they are smooth or have grooves.  This is what inflation does. 

[Dee]

I'd rather go back to gold and silver. Promissory notes only have value if backed by gold, or silver.

[Mule 11]

I’d accept gold or silver.