High school me who wrote his thesis on why we should abolish the penny is goin crazy rn, bro was deep in Xanax addiction but he was right about one thing
COIN LOSS: The United States ended production of the penny on Wednesday. For more than 230 years, the penny has circulated through American piggy banks and cash registers. But rising production costs – each penny now costs nearly 4 cents to make – and shifts in consumer behavior have made it impractical to keep producing them.