Ah, the penny... so maligned, done in by inflation. I remember when you could get a piece of gum for a penny... but those days are long gone!
But the demise of the penny makes me wonder... what will happen to our cultural icons and customs and ideas? What will happen to:
"A penny for your thoughts...
"Lucky penny"
"Penny wise and pound foolish"
"A penny saved is a penny earned"
"A bad penny always comes back"
"I don't owe you a penny"
"Down to the last penny"
"... and not a penny less"
What will happen to those little plastic containers at the check-out till where people can take a penny or leave a penny? What will happen to all of those penny-presses at tourist attractions like Niagara Falls - where you pay $1 to have your penny flattened and embossed with an image of the attraction? What are we going to use to play board games or dominoes?
Are pennies going to become serious collectors items? As people use them to buy things, the stores give them to the banks and the banks turn them over to the Canadian Mint who will melt them back down to elemental copper. Is there going to be copper glut on the market?
Oh... all the questions... maybe we'll end up talking about "lucky nickels" in the future.
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