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canetoad

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17. Only if you pay cash

Reply to doc03 (Reply #13)

Mon Feb 10, 2025, 12:28 AM

Feb 2025

Honestly, I'm pretty glad to be rid of the weight of small value coins.

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Trump says he has directed Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing cost [View all] dalton99a Feb 2025 OP

Guess he must be steaming mad after his team lost newdeal2 Feb 2025 #1

I thought an Eagle once tried to kill him in a photo-op. GreenWave Feb 2025 #59

hey! i agree with him on something! Takket Feb 2025 #2

Me too (shockingly)! Freddie Feb 2025 #6

Me too. He could also stop giving his billionaire buddies tax reductions and close some loopholes. nt Jit423 Feb 2025 #10

omigosh I just had the same thought, and then pnwest Feb 2025 #29

I Don't ProfessorGAC Feb 2025 #68

IKR!!!!! NT Happy Hoosier Feb 2025 #73

wow, if they're costing more than a cent to mint AkFemDem Feb 2025 #3

One Thing Forgotten ProfessorGAC Feb 2025 #66

much as I hate to say it .... stopdiggin Feb 2025 #4

This is fine with me. iemanja Feb 2025 #5

Broken clock and all that. Aristus Feb 2025 #7

I don't think shitehole can do that.................. Lovie777 Feb 2025 #8

Isn't that the Treasuries Dept. to make that call? sakabatou Feb 2025 #9

He directed "his" Secretary of the US Treasury. Not "the" or "our" but "his" and that bothers me. Deuxcents Feb 2025 #11

Everything in the world belongs to Trump. Irish_Dem Feb 2025 #51

I'm under the impression that pennies have cost more than PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2025 #12

That will automatically cause all prices to be rounded up to 5 cents If the price on an item doc03 Feb 2025 #13

Yep. You know some jagoff CFO will be bragging about this in an earnings call 6 months from now. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2025 #14

How will they do sales tax we have a 7% sales tax if you pay a dollar for something doc03 Feb 2025 #15

Legal rounding-off... but it would need to always be in the customer's favor. Oopsie Daisy Feb 2025 #47

Only if you pay cash canetoad Feb 2025 #17

I don't carry them around every few months a take my jar of coins to the doc03 Feb 2025 #18

You're probably right Captain Stern Feb 2025 #50

Australian currency canetoad Feb 2025 #16

Canada has $1 and $2 coins, and the smallest plastic note is $5 nt doc03 Feb 2025 #20

Very easy for Australia to do since you have a 10c and 20c coin. roamer65 Feb 2025 #21

1793-2025. roamer65 Feb 2025 #19

I bet if all the MAGA folks turned in their water cooler bottles Morbius Feb 2025 #27

I have to say, Abolishinist Feb 2025 #22

That actually makes sense Kaleva Feb 2025 #23

Pennies have been dumb for a long time Mountainguy Feb 2025 #24

Oddly enough, this may make cents. Jack Valentino Feb 2025 #25

We got rid of pennies in Canada and it was easy and all good. applegrove Feb 2025 #26

This is Trump's retaliation against Lincoln for freeing the slaves. LudwigPastorius Feb 2025 #28

He doesn't have the legal authority to do this as pennies are mandated by law. LonePirate Feb 2025 #30

The Secretary of the Treasury does have the power to tell the US Mint which coins to strike or none at all. roamer65 Feb 2025 #33

Mango Mussolini is such an ass Hekate Feb 2025 #31

Good. What a waste of money anymore. Melon Feb 2025 #32

Collect your pennies. They will soon be worth 15 cents each. Bluetus Feb 2025 #34

There's almost no copper in a penny. Morbius Feb 2025 #35

There are a few transitional error 1983 cents minted in 95 percent copper. roamer65 Feb 2025 #40

How many have you found? JoseBalow Feb 2025 #41

The 1983 errors are ultra rare. roamer65 Feb 2025 #42

Actually the "loss" on pennies is more than made up for DJ Synikus Makisimus Feb 2025 #36

I find pennies on the ground too. Dulcinea Feb 2025 #74

Maybe we should use more 2.00 bills.. Historic NY Feb 2025 #37

I always do when I'm in the States DFW Feb 2025 #38

I have a couple of those uncut full sheets Historic NY Feb 2025 #67

The BEP used to sell those on a regular basis. DFW Feb 2025 #71

If you want to get literal, funnily enough, he can save his breath. DFW Feb 2025 #39

Well, thank Jefferson for that! Morbius Feb 2025 #43

You inspired me to create my own original post! I just realized the "dollar" is Spanish. LeftInTX Feb 2025 #44

Canada did it years ago, I could never understand why we kept minting them yaesu Feb 2025 #45

This is a cost-cutting measure? OK, how much would we save? DFW Feb 2025 #46

So mint 2-cent coins ? Is that so hard ? eppur_se_muova Feb 2025 #48

Still looking for a 1909 S VDB Emile Feb 2025 #49

Which means state and/or city sale tax will rise. no_hypocrisy Feb 2025 #52

So, make 2 cent pennies. Problem solved. bucolic_frolic Feb 2025 #53

There is a problem though Blue Full Moon Feb 2025 #54

Another EO from the Emperor. This has been discussed for a long time, but it should be done through the Liberal In Texas Feb 2025 #55

I'm good with this. Groundhawg Feb 2025 #56

It takes an act of Congress to stop production of the penny LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2025 #57

+1 dalton99a Feb 2025 #61

There are still a lot of cash transactions that go on. Tommy Carcetti Feb 2025 #58

Hardly a new idea. It's been in discussions for decades... Wounded Bear Feb 2025 #60

Did he say actually that Anno 2525 Feb 2025 #62

hello KS Toronado Feb 2025 #63

ROFLMAO! William769 Feb 2025 #65

It doesn't bother you that he abused his power? GP6971 Feb 2025 #72

So we'll need a lot more nickels, which, btw are more expensive to make than pennies Jersey Devil Feb 2025 #64

MaddowBlog-Trump's pennies order adds to list of legally dubious power grabs LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2025 #69

West Wing Flashback-Elimination of the penny LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2025 #70

U.S. Mint: "We have not made a batch of pennies since April of 2023." LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2025 #75