On 2016-10-30 9:18 AM, Gary wrote:

> 30 years ago, I had many containers of pennies accumulated over many
> years. I had large jars, and many gallon buckets full. I finally got rid
> of all of them at once. My bank had a coin scale at the time. It weighed
> pennies rather than count them. I made a few trips into the bank with
> this embarrassing amount. I couldn't carry them all in at once.

They did away with pennies here a few years ago. When paying with cash
prices get rounded off to the nearest 5. No one seems to miss them. You
can't buy anything for a penny.