The purpose of stopping the production of pennies outweighs the reasons to keep the pennies. The pennies cost 2.4 cents just to be minted. The usage of pennies wastes actual time. The pennies cause safety hazards to small children and are not even accepted by all machines, vendors, and shops.
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See the related links section for a virtual tour of coin production by The United States Mint.
Production figures are only published on a yearly basis, but on average about 7 billion cents are made each year. Production runs 7 days a week so grab your calculator.
Each Line is a Different Way (11 Ways)100 Pennies & 0 Dimes90 Pennies & 1 Dimes80 Pennies & 2 Dimes70 Pennies & 3 Dimes60 Pennies & 4 Dimes50 Pennies & 5 Dimes40 Pennies & 6 Dimes30 Pennies & 7 Dimes20 Pennies & 8 Dimes10 Pennies & 9 Dimes0 Pennies & 10 Dimes
125 pennies
100 pennies = 100 [pennies].