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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2208291, member: 26302&quot;]If the public &quot;demanded&quot; them, why does every single store dealing with change have a penny jar? No one wants them, the only reason business &quot;needs&quot; them is due to sales tax. The only members of the public who really wants them are coin collectors. Fine, have the mint continue to strike them for collectors. They effectively do this for half dollars, another denomination the public rejects. Actually, in my town most gas stations already ignore the penny and simply give you change down to the nickel rounding up. They say its cheaper to simply give a little more change than to mess with cents.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As for your argument to continue making them so the mint employees and their suppliers have something to do, that is laughable on its face. We can hire anyone to do anything non-productive and have the same outcome. In fact we do. Burdening US businesses with billions in inefficiency so a few dozen mint employees can keep their cushy jobs is ludicrous.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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