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The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia

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349 points andrewl | 4 comments | 12 Nov 25 16:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.607s | source
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Analemma_ ◴[12 Nov 25 16:23 UTC] No.45902070[source]▶
Honestly nickels and dimes, and maybe even quarters, should go too. It's ridiculous that we don't have $1 and $2 coins in widespread circulation in the US (we have a $1 coin but nobody uses it).
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1. mkehrt ◴[12 Nov 25 17:09 UTC] No.45902682[source]▶
Sorry Europe and Canada, $1 and $2 coins are just absolutely terrible. I never want to have to think about where my change is. Bills are much lighter than coins and stack with the rest of the bills.
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2. ecshafer ◴[12 Nov 25 17:58 UTC] No.45903386[source]▶
I want to get rid of bills and move to only coins. We can carry coin pouches and act like a medieval/fantasy novel character.
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3. balamatom ◴[12 Nov 25 18:51 UTC] No.45904255[source]▶
IMO best would be some kind of money where you could physically break a given piece of cash into two pieces of half the value.
4. emodendroket ◴[12 Nov 25 19:53 UTC] No.45905458[source]▶
When I was in Japan everything was all-cash and the smallest bill was the equivalent of a $10, with equivalents to $1 and $5 coins being in common circulation. Most wallets they sold/people had had a coin pocket to account for this.