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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NOS, post: 1411979, member: 2098&quot;]Comparing coins and currency between Canada and the United States is like comparing a small apple to a big orange. The population of Canada is around 34 million. The population of the United States is over 300 million and its cash is used as a global currency.&nbsp; The United States would take years to fully wean itself off of the penny from the time of its announcement and approval from Congress. Ad campaigns would be run to teach everyone about rounding cash transactions and that such rounding would (probably) not apply when payment methods such as credit and debit cards are used to make purchases. Of course, that would be ~if~ things even got that far. Lobbyists for the mining, packaging and transport industries (those who make the coin wrappers and boxes as well as those who ship coins such as armored car companies) would band together to create a formidable force to stop such a move that just voting on such a measure could be shelved for the forseeable future or outright stopped in its tracks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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