[CFW]

We throw our change in a money jar or penny bank. When it is full, we put a grandchild's name on it, and put the bank up in a cupboard. Who knows if a collectible coin is in there somewhere. I'll probably designate a special jar for 2025 pennies I receive in change and save them separately.

Did you know prescription bottles make perfect coin holders for quarters? After my in-laws passed away without a few months of each other, we found hundreds of dollars in quarters that were saved in prescription bottles in various parts of their house.

[ComputerGuy]

And then there’s my uncirculated 1931-S. I bought it when I was eleven years old for $1.25.

[grumpygresh]

Indian head pennies are cool.

[eyeamok]

I have collected my change forever, I have about 40-50 pounds of pennies right now.

[EvilCapitalist]

I’ve got over $116.00 in pennies. Not a fortune, but a lot of pennies.

[Brian Griffin]

A round-up tax is possible.

$20.23->$20.25

$13.34->$13.35

It would save cashiers time.

Stores would collect it as soon as they wanted.

[Brian Griffin]

Change makes holes in my pants pocket.

It is the reason why I have to replace pants.

I try to reduce it as much as I can.

[nopardons]

Used currency is usually NOT worth much later on, UNLESS it's VERY old, there's a mistake on it, it was made in a special mint that is no longer making coins.

But yes, IF this really IS the last year that pennies will be made, they MIGHT someday be of some value.

[Chode]

i remember getting three pieces of candy for a penny...

my first taste of inflation was when it went to TWO pieces for a penny, i was pissed

[Songcraft]

Interesting short video clip:  "This Guy Saved Pennies For 45 Years. Then He Cashed Them In – And Their Total Is Astounding"

[simpson96]

“The resale price of a 2025 Lincoln cent has been averaging about 25 to 50 times its face value,”

I think it’s all kind of silly.

How many people actually want one? For that matter, how many people want a roll of them for, $12.50 to $25?

Buy one for 25 cents as a keepsake - “the last penny”? Okay.

But buying rolls of them to “hold onto them”? A fool and his money are soon parted.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

with a minting expense over three-and-half-times its face value

Irrelevant, since a penny is not used only once. The average coin stays in circulation for decades. Each time it's exchanged, it's worth its face value all over again.

[oldbill]

As they learned when Canada did it, it is a net 1% cost increase on things you buy.

Use your credit card for anything, even for a few bucks, then you won’t lose that 1%

[asinclair]

In the "for what it's worth" department:

About 50 years ago, over a dull winter weekend in Chicagoland, I took the collection of change and rolled it all. For the pennies, I sorted them by year before rolling 'em up. So I have this pile of rolled pennies, sorted by year. (I was REALLY bored that day.) We'll see if that proves to be an unintended benefit.

Didn't sort the other coins by date, didn't have enough of them to make it worthwhile.

[metmom]

My brother did the same thing.