I Thought We Were Getting Rid Of The Penny?
By Aaron Altman
Published: February 12, 2009
Published: February 12, 2009
Those little copper discs masquerading as American currency – and the reason 99-cent menus exist at all – will continue to jangle around in your pockets and make your hands smell funny for a few years more. That’s because the U.S. mint has issued four new pennies in observance of Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday.
The penny isn’t dead. Long live the penny.
