EU considers phasing out 1 and 2 cent coins

Re:EU considers phasing out 1 and 2 cent coins by jrockway on Monday October 05, 2020 @07:48PM (#24693354)

Unfortunately, people like the penny in the US because it has Abe Lincoln on it. He was a Republican, and freed the slaves, so both political parties like him. That makes removing his coin somewhat difficult.

I grew up in Illinois ("Land of Lincoln") and it was one of the only states where you could pay toll with the penny, because Lincoln was such a powerful symbol. I guess that got killed off in 2017, however. (You can't use any coins now, it seems.)

(While researching this comment, I found it hilarious that IDOT had a COVID-19-related unpaid toll relief program, but they accidentally sent people $0.01 invoices because of how they "leveraged an existing system" to generate invoices. Another use for your penny!)

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Re:EU considers phasing out 1 and 2 cent coins by cgb223 on Monday October 05, 2020 @07:55PM (#24693412)

I mean he’s on the $5 bill as well. Isn’t that enough Lincoln for one countries currency?

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Re:EU considers phasing out 1 and 2 cent coins by jpkoning on Monday October 05, 2020 @08:16PM (#24693573)

This is why it's a good idea to put boring things like birds or bridges on currency.

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Re:EU considers phasing out 1 and 2 cent coins by amelius on Monday October 05, 2020 @08:11PM (#24693530)

Also: what will happen to the idiomatic expression "my two cents"?

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Re:EU considers phasing out 1 and 2 cent coins by null0ranje on Monday October 05, 2020 @08:18PM (#24693595)

It'll stick around. People still "drop a dime" on others, but payphones are largely a thing of the past and certainly aren't 10c anymore.

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Re:EU considers phasing out 1 and 2 cent coins by mr_toad on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @12:05AM (#24694590)

You still hear the phrase “spend a penny” even in countries that haven’t had pennies in decades.

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Re:EU considers phasing out 1 and 2 cent coins by projektfu on Monday October 05, 2020 @07:55PM (#24693410)

Then put him on the dime. Eisenhower was a good guy and he'd probably say the same thing.

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Re:EU considers phasing out 1 and 2 cent coins by Mountain_Skies on Monday October 05, 2020 @08:00PM (#24693463)

FDR is on the dime and The March of Dimes likely would have an issue with him being replaced.

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Re:EU considers phasing out 1 and 2 cent coins by projektfu on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @09:11PM (#24714650)

Silly me

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Re:EU considers phasing out 1 and 2 cent coins by mjevans on Monday October 05, 2020 @08:06PM (#24693508)

In the spirit of this idea:

Put Lincoln on the quarter or even the back side of a dollar coin. Maybe this time make it out of titanium or something similarly like other US coins.

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Re:EU considers phasing out 1 and 2 cent coins by interestica on Monday October 05, 2020 @09:02PM (#24693813)

I mean, I don't get why there is one-person-per-coin anyway. They already have one-off runs for special commemorations so it's not like there's fear of confusion (or fear of counterfeit). Keep one side standard and put all kinds of people on them.

Though, one president might decide to out their own image on the coins.

It'll be weird in Canada when we replace the queen on our coinage...

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