The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia

Re:The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia by ianferrel on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @12:02PM (#45902607)

There's a lot of physical infrastructure that works with quarters, and it's probably not worth giving that up for slightly improved coinage. Just drop all the coins smaller than a quarter.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia by basscomm on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @12:42PM (#45903143)

That only works if you completely reconfigure sales tax

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia by orangecat on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @01:58PM (#45904387)

There's a lot of physical infrastructure that works with quarters

Very good point and I think I'm convinced.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia by toast0 on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @03:24PM (#45906008)

There's also the 3rd amendment. It would be worthless to say soldiers can't demand change for the vending machine, when nobody at all can get quarters.

[ Parent | on HN ]