Should A Penny Be Used To Satire

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The Penny Needs to Retire
Think of how heavy 100 pennies would be to carry around compared to carrying a one dollar bill. Quoted by John Green, "If Abraham Lincoln were alive today, he would say: 'Why is my face on a coin that is worth 1/26 of what a penny was worth when I was President?’” (Green 1). This quote says a lot about how much the Penny coin is worth today and how much meaning it even has to Americans today. Repeatedly, pennies are left on the floor or just thrown away, but thousands of them are still made each year and wasted. By discarding the penny we do get rid of Abraham Lincoln and he will become a mere remembrance of who was on a penny. America should stop using the Penny, there is nothing that can be bought with a single penny, it costs more to make than it is worth, and it is not valued or with time. …show more content…
Today pennies are found on the ground face up as good luck or under couches. For example, “In the 1920’s a few pennies could buy you a handful of candy, a bottle of soda or a newspaper” (Should 1). Today there are no stores that price their merchandise at one cent, even Gumball machines, claw machines, and little toy machines are a quarter or more. Also, tolls along the interstates, and soda machines, pennies are not accepted in soda machines and at a toll. People want to be in and out so dollar bills and quarters are most commonly used. Without the penny, prices could be rounded up or down to the nearest
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