Penny debate in the United States (English Wikipedia)

"The Penny's End Is Near". Consumer Affairs. July 19, 2006. Retrieved August 9, 2007. Whaples said that based on the average American wage, $17 an hour, every two seconds of an average American's day is worth 1 cent. "That's going to add up to about $300 million per year for the U.S. economy," Whaples said.

dallasnews.com

"Zinc supplier paying thousands to save penny". The Dallas Morning News. August 19, 2007. Archived from the original on June 3, 2008.

dollarcoinalliance.org

"Press release". March 29, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2018.

gallup.com

Carrol, Joseph (July 17, 2006). "Americans For Common Cents: 66% of Americans Favor Keeping the Penny". Gallup. Retrieved June 3, 2016.

gpo.gov

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Congressional record – House of representatives March 19, 2002, gpo.gov, p. H959 (p. 21 of the PDF).

gregmankiw.blogspot.com

Mankiw, Greg (September 25, 2006). "How to Make $1 Billion". Greg Mankiw's Blog. Retrieved August 9, 2007. Multiply that last figure by the number of Americans & you find that getting rid of the penny would free up economic resources valued at about $1 billion a year.
Mankiw, Greg (December 31, 2006). "Resolutions for Another New Year". Greg Mankiw's Blog. Retrieved December 28, 2009.

hartfordadvocate.com

http://www.coinflation.com/coins/silver_coin_calculator.html Hartford Advocate: News – Penny Ante Profits

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Raymond Lombra (Fall 2001). "Eliminating the Penny from the U.S. Coinage System: An Economic Analysis" (PDF). Eastern Economic Journal. Retrieved December 27, 2015.

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"Canada's Last Penny: Final Cent Struck In Winnipeg Friday As Currency Killed". Canadian Press/Huffington Post Canada. May 4, 2012. Archived from the original on May 7, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2012.

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"Legal Tender Modernization Act of 2001, HR 2528". Archived from the original on July 4, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2013.

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Barrett, Maggie (July 18, 2006). "Professor's research supports eliminating penny". Wake Forest University. Archived from the original on December 1, 2006. Retrieved January 17, 2015.

minneapolisfed.org

1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.

mint.ca

"Phasing Out the Penny | the Royal Canadian Mint".
Phasing Out the Penny, Royal Canadian Mint. Retrieved 2014-04-03.

nytimes.com

Gross, Jenny (July 29, 2020). "Will the Penny Survive Coronavirus? Some Hope Not". The New York Times. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
Goolsbee, Austan. New York Times, 2007-02-01. "Now That a Penny Isn’t Worth Much, It’s Time to Make It Worth 5 Cents". Retrieved 2007-11-30.

pennies.org

"Penny Profitability: What Does it Cost to Make a Penny?". Americans for Common Cents. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
Navigant Consulting: Impact of Eliminating the Penny on the United States Mint's Costs and Profit in the Fiscal year 2011 by Rodney J. Bosco and Kevin M. Davis

ramint.gov.au

Frequently Asked Questions, Royal Australian Mint. Retrieved 2018-11-29.

rbnz.govt.nz

History of New Zealand Coinage Archived January 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Retrieved 2008-01-02.

repec.org

EconPapers.repec.org

Robert Whaples, "Time to Eliminate the Penny from the U.S. Coinage System: New Evidence," Eastern Economic Journal, vol. 33, issue 1, pp. 139–146 (2007).

retirethepenny.org

"Citizens to Retire the U.S. Penny - Myths".
"Home". retirethepenny.org.

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"Nickel for your thoughts? US bill seeks penny's end". Reuters. July 20, 2006. Retrieved July 20, 2006.

telegraphherald.com

Dubuque, Joe Koch Pheasant Lane. "Letter: For change, do away with the penny". TelegraphHerald.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2018.

usmint.gov

United States Mint. "2020 Biennial Report" (PDF). p. 3. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
"United States Mint Moves to Limit Exportation & Melting of Coins". April 17, 2007. The rising commodity prices of copper, nickel and zinc have increased the value of the metal in both pennies and nickels so that the content of these coins now exceeds their face value. There is concern that speculators could remove pennies and nickels from circulation and sell them as scrap for profit.
"2022 Annual Report" (PDF). United States Mint. p. 10. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
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"United States Mint Limits Exportation & Melting of Coins". Press Release and Public Statements. United States Mint. April 17, 2007. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
"The United States Mint Pressroom: United States Mint Moves to Limit Exportation & Melting of Coins". Archived from the original on May 27, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2008.

washingtonpost.com

Mallaby, Sebastian (September 25, 2006). "The Penny Stops Here". The Washington Post. p. A21. Retrieved August 9, 2007. The median worker earns just over $36,000 a year, or about 0.5 cents per second, so futzing with pennies costs him $3.65 annually.

web.archive.org

"Legal Tender Modernization Act of 2001, HR 2528". Archived from the original on July 4, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
Dubuque, Joe Koch Pheasant Lane. "Letter: For change, do away with the penny". TelegraphHerald.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
"Managing Change: Is the Penny Worth Keeping?". The Wall Street Journal. Written debate between Raymond Lombra, an economics professor at Pennsylvania State University, and Robert Whaples, a professor and chairman of the economics department at Wake Forest University
"Zinc supplier paying thousands to save penny". The Dallas Morning News. August 19, 2007. Archived from the original on June 3, 2008.
"Canada's Last Penny: Final Cent Struck In Winnipeg Friday As Currency Killed". Canadian Press/Huffington Post Canada. May 4, 2012. Archived from the original on May 7, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
History of New Zealand Coinage Archived January 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
"The United States Mint Pressroom: United States Mint Moves to Limit Exportation & Melting of Coins". Archived from the original on May 27, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2008.

wfu.edu

Barrett, Maggie (July 18, 2006). "Professor's research supports eliminating penny". Wake Forest University. Archived from the original on December 1, 2006. Retrieved January 17, 2015.