Letter: Save the penny, kill the nickel . Published: 02-02-2025 6:00 AM ... If the penny were eliminated, it’s more than likely that prices would be rounded up to the nearest nickel.

If you pay cash, the penny now takes a front row seat. What happens to the final cost if it ends in a number other than 0 of 5 (a nickel or a dime.)? Will the store drop the pennies you owe?

Keep the penny, but name it the nickel, as pennies cost 4 cents to manufacture. Make the nickel the dime and make it smaller, since the nickel costs 14 cents to manufacture.

The penny’s demise would leave the nickel as the smallest physical token of wealth transfer. ... Letters should run no more than 400 words, ...

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