Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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The Penny is Gone. In February of 2025, the president ordered the end of minting our penny. Now, both businesses and customers calculate, Whether or not the 'rounding up or down' to the nearest nickel, Give them a miniscule profit or loss. To mint a one cent piece, costs the government 3.7 cents. It costs 14 cents to mint each nickel--when is their doomsday? The latter's fate to come, may be a while; The ceasing of the minting of the US one half cent was in 1857! It may be a while until we witness the demise of the nickel: We humans love to hold on to our beloved coins.. I do remember holding on to my pennies, though, To push them into their appropriate date and space In the collectors' 'book' my father provided for me. 9 November 2025 0945 Hours.