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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 26542867, member: 4626&quot;]There&#039;s still an estimated 300 billion cents out in circulation; they are not being recalled, and are still legal tender.&nbsp; It will be a while before an actual shortage will force rounding, which will only need to be done for cash transactions (credit cards, debit cards, and checks can still pay in cents).&nbsp; Eventually when retailers can&#039;t, or no longer feel like bothering to, acquire sufficient pennies to make exact change, they&#039;ll just have to round to the nearest nickel when giving out change.&nbsp; Some retailers are already doing so.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some people are making a big deal out of it, probably just because: a. a general resistance to change, b. want to hoard/sell pennies under some belief that the fact they&#039;re not minted anymore suddenly made something near worthless valuable, or c. want any excuse to criticize the person who made the decision to stop minting them.&nbsp; But the change has been made, looks like it will stick, and people will adapt eventually; life will go on without that much of a disruption.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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