m_fMA to AskUSAEnglish · 5 days agoShould the US get rid of the penny?message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareShould the US get rid of the penny?m_fMA to AskUSAEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
Is it about time, or is it still useful? If you think its time has passed, what about the nickel/dime/quarter?
minus-squaremorphballganon@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 days agoIt was time to ditch the penny 20 years ago. The nickel has since joined that club.
minus-squaredukeofdummies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoDidn’t the half cent we ditched in the 1800s have the buying power of a dime today when we ditched it?
minus-squareOmodi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoThat was the Stat like 10 years ago. It has to be worse now.
It was time to ditch the penny 20 years ago. The nickel has since joined that club.
Didn’t the half cent we ditched in the 1800s have the buying power of a dime today when we ditched it?
That was the Stat like 10 years ago. It has to be worse now.