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Message:: [QUOTE="Dillan, post: 3116866, member: 90539"]Canada quit making pennies , and the last year was 2012. I personally do not miss the pennies in my change , I did what most people do is put them in some type of container and there they sat . Once and a while we did roll up the works and take them into the bank . We do not get charged here for taking in rolls of coins although that may be different for businesses . I still have a good stash of pennies , and use them for sets and people looking for certain years. The cost of making the penny out weighed its worth . I would not doubt that you see that the US will eventually do away with their penny because of the cost to have people hoard them , and leave them sit around in jars and piggy banks. Somebody there should start a charity  and have a pick up service to peoples houses . They could write the person a tax receipt for the pennies, and get a big pile of cash to fund their charity. Most people would rather give them to a charity then take them to a bank. Then the Charity would take them to the bank , and the Mint could cut down on large mintages of the cent.[/QUOTE]