On 10/30/2016 9:16 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> 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.
>

I wish they would do that here. Many places have a tray of pennies that
you can take from if needed or add to if you don't want them. Rounding
makes economic sense.