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.
