A debate has been going back and forth to see if the copper coin should stay. People in the USA are arguing whether the penny should be removed from the American currency. The article “Penny Wise, or 2.4 Cents Foolish” by Jeff Sommer published by the New York Times talks about how Canada has stopped minting their equivalent of pennies. The penny is known to be stored away and rarely used. The pennies should be removed from the American currency because of its high making cost, its low usage in other areas, and where people put them. Pennies in the USA cost more than double to make than how much they are worth. Each year the government loses about 60.2 million dollars on production and distribution of the penny alone. The amount of money
