fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoUS Mint says it has stamped its last penny, a historic end for a humble coinwww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1367arrow-down15
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minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoWhen we got rid of the half penny it was worth more than what dimes are worth now. Quarters are the only useful coin. We should be rounding all transactions to the nearest quarter.
minus-squareMimicJar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoLogically I completely agree. I just don’t think you could convince the US as a whole that’s the way to go.
When we got rid of the half penny it was worth more than what dimes are worth now. Quarters are the only useful coin. We should be rounding all transactions to the nearest quarter.
Logically I completely agree. I just don’t think you could convince the US as a whole that’s the way to go.