General Discussion

Put them in the same cash register drawer compartment with the 1-cent coins and don't pay too much attention to the difference. People already 'give a penny, take a penny' (again they're cents, not pennies -- the penny is a British coin) at the cash register, and the cashiers (and accountants) don't fuss over it. Just phase out the cent and phase in the 2-cent over time, and it will hardly make a ripple. Though now when you say "that's my two cents' worth", maybe it will sound like it means something a little more substantial, somehow. Smaller coins -- the farthing (a "fourthing", one-fourth of a penny) was phased out a couple of centuries ago, as were at other times the half-cent, the half-farthing, and the quarter-farthing -- all pushed into uselessness by inflation, as, presumably, will b eall larger denominations in their time. Personally, I'm looking forward to the end of the dollar bill, replaced by a reasonably-sized dollar coin (SBA was fine, except that it was TOO similar to a quarter in size). It seems silly to have to get my wallet out for such a small transaction as one USD -- I'd rather fish in my coin pocket, but a certain politician from MA is said to be against phasing out the dollar bill. (Dollar coins are also great for paying at toll booths on windy days.)



a 4-million Deutschmark stamp from the era of the Weimar Republic, overprinted to create a 5-billion ('milliard') DM stamp