Nickels also cost more to produce than ... “We remember our piggy banks and counting up all our pennies and then taking them in and getting a dollar bill or a couple of dollars from them ...

I had come in with about $27 in pennies and nickels, mostly pennies ... and the satisfaction of making every single cent count. When policies get petty, hardworking customers get pettier.

At some point, when Mark Patinkin accepts that coins – like flip phones – are no longer relevant, he’ll hit a bank to trade in his change for paper money. The truth is, it’s not just pennies that are ...