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In reply to the discussion: Trump instructs Treasury to halt penny production [View all]tornado34jh
(1,495 posts)6. Most countries in Europe rarely used anything below 5 cents, even in countries that don't use the Euro
When I went to the Czech Republic, the koruna, the Czech currency, rarely uses anything below 5 koruna česká (like 5 cents), The Danish krone uses 50 øre, like 50 cents, as the lowest denomination. The Swedish krona and the Hungarian forint use the 1 krona and 1 forint (like 1 dollar) respectively . There are exceptions however, such as the hryvnia in Ukraine, the manat in Azerbaijan, the lev in Bulgaria and the zloty in Poland, whose lowest domination has the US equivalent to 1 cent (not exchange rate, just value). My aunt used to collect foreign currency (much of it before many countries in Europe switched to the Euro).
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obsolescence of the penny, just one of the many advantages of the coming runaway inflation.
uncle ray
Feb 2025
#3
Most countries in Europe rarely used anything below 5 cents, even in countries that don't use the Euro
tornado34jh
Feb 2025
#6
When I was stationed in Germany (1979-1981) the US stopped shipping pennies over.
SeattleVet
Feb 2025
#8
Eric and Jared were seen robbing change sorting machines prior to the run on pennies coming
usonian
Feb 2025
#10
I'm sure if they put his face on it he would want them to make nothing but pennies
jgmiller
Feb 2025
#11
I learned stuff like that from having a second grade teacher who was a civil rights firebrand.
Hugin
Feb 2025
#39
Well, just make it out of cheaper material then. But we need pennies for accurate payment and change.
SunSeeker
Feb 2025
#21
1) If the penny had Ronald Reagan on it, I bet Trumpf wouldn't have proposed this; 2) Felon Musk must want the metals.
C0RI0LANUS
Feb 2025
#22
MaddowBlog-Trump's pennies order adds to list of legally dubious power grabs
LetMyPeopleVote
Feb 2025
#30
He continues to proceed as if there is no "Article I" of the Constitution, only Article II
BumRushDaShow
Feb 2025
#33