Keep the penny. Just replace the current materials with recycled materials.
Win-win.
Keep the penny. Just replace the current materials with recycled materials.
Win-win.
Materials to make a penny are already under 1 cent (97.5% zinc, 2.5% copper)...it is the labor that makes them cost 3 cents.
“$0.0075148 is the melt value for the 1982-2014 zinc cent on January 22, 2025.”
https://www.coinflation.com/coins/1982-2007-Lincoln-Cent-Penny-Value.html
Do some “de-flation” and “Make the Penny Great (worth something) Again”....hello Jerome?