President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the cost of producing the one-cent coin.
  • celeste
    10•10 months ago

    I had a weird pluto-esque reaction, like, ‘aw, but dimes are my favorite!’ I didn’t even know I had a favorite. Why???

    I think if it’d be more practical to get rid of them, we should.

    • themeatbridge
      19•10 months ago

      Dimes would make a fine choice for the smallest denomination. You could still divide dollars to the nearest tenth of a dollar, which is more than sufficient. They have no buying power by themselves, but a stack can buy something.

      A stack of pennies is still garbage.

      • @Klear@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10•10 months ago

        Sounds a bit too metric to me. The smallest denomination should be 1/12th of a dollar.