Argumentative Essay About Pennies

A penny for my thoughts. Pennies have been around for a very long time, roughly 200 years, and there had been many changes to it as the society grew. People were dissatisfied with its looks, the way they took up too much space and resources, and the worth of the coins. However, I think now is a good time to put an end to this one-cent coin, not just to put forth more modifications. The reasons had grown much too large and strong— pennies cost more to produce than it is actually worth, they hurt our environment, and they take up too much space and time.

Even Canada has abandoned their pennies, for enough reasons that apply to our own country as well. "They are worth so little that many Canadians don't bother to use them at all." I think the same goes for America, how we only produce the coins, ignoring the …show more content…
However, if pennies were to be stopped, wouldn't nickels be the smallest worth? And so, it is not that donators feel more open to pennies, it is that they are open to the smallest value. It will also help the fundraiser or whatever because they will be receiving about 5 times the amount that they got before. Another counterclaim is that "...what many people fail to also consider is that the nickel, too, costs more to produce than it is worth." "Even though production costs are slightly lower today, the penny still costs the U.S. just over 1.8 cents to produce. The nickel's cost is currrently 9.4 cents." Yes, nickels also cost more to produce, but they are not as useless as pennies are. Nickels are worth more, and less specific in the actual cost of whatever product, and so they are used more than pennies are. Pennies, on the other hand, are coins that many people abandoned for the reason that they can just round up the amount they need to pay and get coins for change. Though of those coins, pennies would be left