USA gets new pennies. Joy.

[macheteman]

the thing i don't like about US coins is that they are thin. my favorite coin is the english pound. it's small and thick, and worth more than 2 dollars...

[Celebrimbor]

Getting rid of pennies altogether will once and for all rid USA of the popular marketing scheme of increments of .99 after every dollar.  But, of course, in electronic transactions it won't matter.

[AgentDrake]

the thing i don't like about US coins is that they are thin. my favorite coin is the english pound. it's small and thick, and worth more than 2 dollars...

And heck, it even feels like it's worth something! Nice, heavy, substantial. I remember when I got back to the States after going to England, I was wondering if the US Mint secretly made our coins out of tinfoil....

[HawkeyeSPF]

Getting rid of pennies altogether will once and for all rid USA of the popular marketing scheme of increments of .99 after every dollar.  But, of course, in electronic transactions it won't matter.

Umm, no it won't. Companies price things that way because in our heads, $4.99 doesn't look like as much as $5.00 - "oh, it's only $4 and change" compared to "oh, it's $5, i don't want to spend that much".

[Gil-Estel]

you should all just switch to the Euro. It's worth more.....

[macheteman]

lol, but we're not in europe!

[Gil-Estel]

You're a democratic country -at least that is what the US make us believe (couldn't resist, sorry NB)- just vote for the Euro!!! :hey:

[AgentDrake]

You kidding? We've already got the Amero lined up with Mexico and Canada!

Seriously, though... as I understand it, there are some groups trying to promote the "Amero" as part of NAFTA. not sure if it's already lined up, or just some nutty idea, but....