They keep saying they're gonna ditch the penny

"Funktheduck" (funktheduck) 06/21/2017 at 20:12 • Filed to: None

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It would certainly save me some time

Honeybunchesofgoats > Funktheduck 06/21/2017 at 20:15

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What would you throw at people, though?

CaptDale - is secretly British > Funktheduck 06/21/2017 at 20:15

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I like melting the Zinc out of them

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Funktheduck 06/21/2017 at 20:16

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One of the best thing Canada has done in the past few years.

Funktheduck > Honeybunchesofgoats 06/21/2017 at 20:17

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Feces. Or eggs. We have several dozen

Funktheduck > CaptDale - is secretly British 06/21/2017 at 20:17

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Just for fun or for a purpose?

CaptDale - is secretly British > Funktheduck 06/21/2017 at 20:19

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Fun, maybe a purpose if I find something to do with the zinc

Nibby > Funktheduck 06/21/2017 at 20:25

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Textured Soy Protein > Funktheduck 06/21/2017 at 20:28

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I almost never use cash anymore, but when I do, I dump the change into a bin when I get home. Eventually after several years enough change has accumulated to be worth me taking it to my credit union to be counted. But honestly I can go months without carrying any cash on me. My wife is like, “HOW CAN YOU NOT CARRY ANY CASH? YOU NEED SOME CASH IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES,” but I still don’t bother. I buy basically everything on one of my two credit cards which I pay off at the end of the month, and I use my debit card at Woodman’s supermarket because they don’t take credit cards, so they don’t have to pay credit card fees, “AND WE PASS THE SAVINGS ON TO YOU!!!”

interstate366, now In The Industry > Nibby 06/21/2017 at 20:40

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nibby no

Nibby > interstate366, now In The Industry 06/21/2017 at 20:43

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are you dreaming

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Funktheduck 06/21/2017 at 20:49

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They are still in circulation here in Canada, but no new pennies are being produced and prices are all listed to the nearest nickel here (i.e. the price may say $1.96, but you just round to the nearest nickel)!

Funktheduck > Textured Soy Protein 06/21/2017 at 21:07

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My credit union counts coins but only at 2 locations not near me

interstate366, now In The Industry > Nibby 06/21/2017 at 21:10

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nibby pls no

IAN_Z > Funktheduck 06/21/2017 at 21:12

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ditch the nickel too, imo

Nibby > interstate366, now In The Industry 06/21/2017 at 21:13

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better?

OPPOsaurus WRX > Funktheduck 06/21/2017 at 21:38

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facw > Funktheduck 06/21/2017 at 21:58

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This sort of thing seems like a good use:

Really though, down with the penny. For that matter the nickle and maybe the dime need to go (the dime is worth less than half of what the half-penny was worth when it was removed from circulation).

interstate366, now In The Industry > Nibby 06/21/2017 at 22:23

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yas

ranwhenparked > Funktheduck 06/21/2017 at 22:40

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They really should, the penny hasn’t made economic sense for a very long time.

Or, at the very least, make them out of plastic or outsource production to the People’s Bank of China or something.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Funktheduck 06/21/2017 at 23:42

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speed loader. keep filling it up and when you hit the designated amount there is slot, for the excess coins to slide out. then you slide in the paper in.

nafsucof > Funktheduck 06/22/2017 at 01:05

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Yes lot of work, little pay.

AdverseMartyr > Funktheduck 06/22/2017 at 04:32

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I think its one of those budget items that won’t happen. I read that it costs the USA about $75,000 per year to mint pennies. Imagine how many millions of dollars it would cost in House and Senate meetings to forge an agreement to stop production.

Funktheduck > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 06/22/2017 at 07:35

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Used to have something like that. Dunno what happened to them

Funktheduck > facw 06/22/2017 at 07:36

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I do no have the patience required for such a task

Funktheduck > Nibby 06/22/2017 at 08:00

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Nope

Funktheduck > OPPOsaurus WRX 06/22/2017 at 08:01

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Nope. More work than rolling

ateamfan42 > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 06/22/2017 at 13:30

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Australia does that too for cash transactions. Credit is still charged to the penny, but cash gets rounded. I think it is brilliant. But of course that means the penny will forever stay here in the US :(

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > ateamfan42 06/22/2017 at 13:57

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Yup, credit or debit also DON’T round here, just cash.