Uh Oh! Will The US Cent Go Bye-Bye As Well. OH The Horror!

That was the first preliminary warning sign/hint. Now that discussion of the subject has been formally opened, it'll roll from here. The USA will
undoubtedly end up having to follow the example set by Canada.

The government is into hard economic/budgetary times, and beloved to not, possessed of major historical significance or not, the penny is a
budgetary drain that's going to end up in the history books with the 2-cent piece and the 3-cent piece.

I'm going to be sorry to see it go, but I think its end is both inevitable and probably not very far off.

Was mentioned and discussed earlier...

https://goccf.com/t/139399&whichpage=10#1278542

But since this is a dedicated thread, I will leave it open and move it to a more visible forum.

Sorry about that. I mentioned it in CRH forum as it would directly affect the US Cent roll hunters as the removal of the Canadian Cent has affected the Canadian Roll Hunters.

Thank you for allowing the thread to remain open.

Now I must get my US cents organized to see which years I still need. I find quite a few here in Canada. Living in a border town helps with the US coin count per box. I will be watching and waiting for new information in the future to see what will happen.

I don't miss it in Canada that much because of the cost. I like my old pennies though and I"ll still pick up any pennies I see.

I will miss getting my weekly boxes of cents here in Canada. What can I say...I love the cent. I will move forward with nickels as I have been searching them already. Maybe dabble a bit in dimes. Only issue I have with dimes is That there are not so many varieties to look for as with cents. I have never been much of a silver hoarder. Maybe that would change if I happen to make a good score while CRH. At least the summer is not to far away so I can get back out swinging the coil and puling coins from mother earth.

My favorite cent to collect is the US Wheat cent. My grandfather started me on the path to collecting coins. I have a lot of great memories of sitting with him and filling the old Whitman blue folders. It was always very exciting when we found a coin to fill a hole in the folder. Just the fact that I may not be able to share the experience of collecting cents one day with my grand kids is a bit disheartening. There is always other denominations to search but, cents have always been my favorite.

For several years during my childhood. From age 5 till around age 13. At age 13 I moved to a different state. He still collected and when we did get together he would show me any new coins he added to his collection.

I talked to my father after my grandfather passed away suddenly of a heart attack in 2002. My dad says he does have my grandfathers coins...at least what he could find of them. When I'm able to make a journey to the states to where my father lives...I will be able to take a look. I'm interested to see what has survived the years. When my grandfather passed...he had never made a Last Will and my grandmother was suffering from alzheimers and was in no condition to say if anything was stashed or hidden anywhere. Unfortunately...my father had to sell off a lot of my grandfathers and grandmothers belongings as the State of Michigan required it to help offset the care my grandmother needed. My father saved what he could and kept what the state could not make him sell.

@jbuck - the mint won't lose money. The profit is in the resell to collectors - they raise the prices. I am not advocating the penny or even the nickle stay - I am pointing out facts. On the other side of that, eliminating either of those will increase inflation to the consumer - rounding will occur and it will not be down.