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today in winnipeg, manitoba, the last canadian penny is to be crafted.
sigh.
and there's a little, teeny-weenie pang of nostalgic sadness about it for me.
it's not horribly sad, or terribly sad or even actually sad.
yet nevertheless.
sad about how little kids could fill their cupped hands with those tiny coppers and ask the cashier, hopefully: what can i buy with these?
i know. it's costing us 1.6 cents to make that 1 cent coin.
and it doesn't make sense intellectually, financially, philosophically, economically, weight-ily (evidenced here in a snazzy video)
but hey - how many things really do?
just a little bit sad. and you?
hope your weekend is nostalgically good, nicies!
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I'm "a little bit sad" for you. ;>
ReplyDeleteWe still have ours, but who knows for how long! They are nostalgic somehow.
I can send you some!!!!
thanks jennifer!
Deletei appreciate your coiny empathies! :)
I'm bummed about the penny. I miss it already :(
ReplyDeletepenny hugs, cutiepie.
Deletepenny hugs.
As a coin lover, that makes me sad, too! Will all prices have to be rounded up to the nearest 5 cents?
ReplyDeletehmmm... apparently this will happen - no rounding of monies but instead paying up or down - well described in this funny little video (though i don't agree with his point of view!)
Delete:) thanks for feeling our pain, nicey!
sorry rachel - here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nU4E6SSy5Yg#!
DeleteOh! I didn't know, how cute it was, with the leaves on it. Here, we have the Euro, so, our coin is not even national now, we said Goodbye to Spanish peseta some years ago. Have a good weekend in your part of the world :)
ReplyDeleteYou are an amazing writer. I never thought
ReplyDeleteI'd feel sad for the end of a penny. But I now do!
Good, that you did a memoriam post about this! We recently heard rumors that some politicians even want to say goodbye to cash money, to make corruption and money laundry impossible.
ReplyDeleteWe are okay with being old fashioned....
thanks so much, marta!
ReplyDeletewe feel your pain :)
and what a nicey you are, anon. :)
thanks
nauli: me too, nicey. me too!
I am so sad. A penny is a penny no matter what...it's not like we won't be using pennies for years to come - just because they aren't making them any more doesn't mean that they still won't be in circulation. How many jars do you have?!
ReplyDeleteI find it sad too. My little girl has a piggy bank full of pennies and she feels rich. Weird to think that they will grow up and tell their kids about pennies since they won't ever know them.
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