Zinc Lobby Still Begging America to 'Save the Penny!'
The Canadian government’s recent decision to drop the one-cent coin and gradually remove it from circulation in order to save money prompted many Americans to ask “Wait, why don’t we do that?” and brought attention back to an ongoing PR campaign run by an advocacy group calling itself Americans for Common Cents (ha ha).
The campaign, launched in 2006, urged Americans to swear loyalty to Abraham Lincoln and implore their lawmakers to “Save the Penny” from impending doom despite the fact that each penny costs two cents to produce(!)–and quite a few end up in garbage cans, drains and fountains around the country.
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