Keeping pennies in The United States is worth it. First of all, the debt started 24 years after zinc pennies were minted. Starting, in 1909 the penny was minted in lower figures than today. One problem is the mints are minting too many pennies. If they minted less pennies, they would be worth more and less cost for the national government. Like in 1931 to 1933 the coins were minted less of giving them more value. Second of all, Lincoln pennies save at least 100 lives a year according to ABC news. Also, in Canada The penny was steel starting in 1996 not 1982 a big difference. The Canadian dollar is also worth 78 cents in American money of the time of typing this essay. The American economy is very different because America had 16 percent as of 2020, however Canada had only 1.39% of the world GDP. Also, the most common prices end in .99 not .90 or.95. So, the price will be rounded up not down. Lets say you have a product being sold for 9.99 USD, If there are no pennies the business will not want to pay and extra cent for the product so they round the customer up because the US is a mixed market economy. Is 130 billion dollars, worth loosing 100 people? How would loosing 2,400 people in 24 years affect the economy? Depending on what the business does. If there are no pennies a customer will have to pay an extra 4 cents for every extra cent, that will add up a lot of money that the business does not deserve. If business increase income, then inflation will bring the dollar down. Also, the penny is an Icon of history because, 1 Lincoln, and 2 being the first coin minted at each state. That is disrespect to our nation. Why would the pennies from 1652 and later not be icons of American history? The 1792 Birch and Silver center cent were the first coins minted at Philadelphia. The silver center cent is the only penny in American history that contains silver in it. Also 1943 copper and bronze pennies are worth up to 1.7 million dollars according to heritage auctions. Also, the penny had 1/100 fraction which added something to look at and think of why it was put on there. Just think of the mintage of the 1793 wreath type large cent, Mintage 63,353. Think of the different edges on the 1792 there is the vine and bars edge, there is also the lettered edge, (ONE HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR). The lettered edge is much rarer than the vine and bars edge. There is also a Strawberry leaf variety on the vine and bars edge with only 4 known to exist.  Then there is the 1793 beaded border 1793. Then there is the head of 1794, 1795 and the Jefferson head in 1795.     The 1794 starred reverse and groovy edges are the special differences on 1790s coins. In 1796 there were several different reverses like the reverse of 1794, 1795, 1797. Iron can be the new composition with a plating.

I bought a 1948 Denver AU half dollar that was mailed to me yesterday, that was my first franklin half dollar book filler with 1 out of 36 spots filled.