Should Pennies Be Discontinued In American Currency?

Should Pennies be Discontinued in American Currency?

I think that the penny should be discontinued because first of all, even though the penny has been here for over 200 years, it costs more to make one penny than what the actual penny costs itself. Next, most people don’t even use their pennies because they don’t have much “ worth “ so the U.S.A is just making more and more pennies that nobody is really ever going to use. Last of all, with the rounding system, pennies may end up costing people more money, such as 600 million dollars every year.

Although some people think pennies should not be discontinued for reasons such as when the Washington Middle School hosted its annual Penny Drive for Charity. Students from every grade brought in bags and jars of pennies, and, with everyone's assistance, they raised over $3000 in one week! Even though this is a crazy amount of money in pennies, I still think they should be discontinued. …show more content…
Second, people most likely just throw their pennies in the cup holder of their car, or take them home and lay them somewhere they will forget about. Lastly, with the rounding system, it costs people more than 500 million dollars every year just because they round the price

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Should Pennies Be Discontinued In American Currency?

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