Just saw this on CNN, but I'm sure there are stories somewhere about the fight that ensued with dumping the U.S. penny. https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/us/5-things-pm-may-22-trnd
yup, I just read this article about it https://news.yahoo.com/finance/news...is-saying-so-long-to-the-penny-165709511.html excerpt: The Treasury Department will begin phasing out the penny early next year, ending a run for a mainstay piece of American currency first produced by the federal government in the 1790s. This month, Treasury has made its final order of penny blanks — the material used to make pennies — and its coin producer at the US Mint will continue to manufacture pennies while an inventory of penny blanks exists. But production will cease after that inventory runs out, a decision first reported by the Wall Street Journal. ... Americans are using cash far less often. Cash remained the third-most-used payment instrument, accounting for 16% of payments in 2023, down two percentage points from 2022, according to the Federal Reserve. ... Businesses will need to start rounding up or down to the nearest 5 cents, though non-cash transactions will continue to be priced at exact change.
Yep, cash is spiraling down the ladder of options to pay, meanwhile credit card companies (you just gotta love 'em) and banks and merchants are charging a "premium" for their use. So, as always, we can bend over spread our legs and...........
