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ireflect ◴[12 Nov 25 16:58 UTC] No.45902545[source]▶

>>45901904 (OP) #

Finally!

Here is a delightful article from NYT from last year on this topic. Truly fascinating and bewildering.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/01/magazine/worthless-pennie...

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1. FergusArgyll ◴[12 Nov 25 18:22 UTC] No.45903773[source]▶

>>45902545 #

> When Robert Whaples, an economist at Wake Forest University, published an article in 2006 about the imperative to eliminate America’s 1-cent coin, he received a personal note: “Get it done, and you will deserve the Nobel Prize!”

Everything makes sense now...

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The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia