"A Pittsburgh-area tattoo parlor owner says she saved some money by using real money to tile her space — with 250,000 pennies. . . “Amazingly enough, it’s a lot cheaper to glue money to your floor than to actually buy tile. It’s about $3 a square foot.” http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/11/tattoo-shop-owner-tiles-floor-with-250000-pennies/ While the above speaks volumes, the link below is still the most entertaining and engaging argument I've seen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5UT04p5f7U I've heard interesting arguments that state that we should simply stop making: - the one cent (see above) - the dime (small, expensive, nickel can make change for a quarter, dime can't) - the paper dollar (same argument as the cent - too expensive) Your thoughts?