It had a value of about a dime today. We could stand to lose both the Penny and the Nickel.

Never thought I see the end of the 1 cent piece. I always thought the 5 cent nickel would be the first to go.

People will soon be hoarding their pre-zinc cents in the USA the way they hoarded gold after 1933 and silver after 1964.

The USA eliminated the half cent after 1857, a little long ago for a modern comparison. We eliminated the two cent piece, the half dime and the silver three cent piece after 1873, but how many people today know that the USA made half dimes, two cent pieces and three cent pieces anyhow?

The half dime was a silver coin half the size of a dime, and was called the half dime. Nickel was a difficult metal
to work with and wasn't used in US regular coinage until 1865, and wasn't used for 5 cent coins until 1866.
The half dime and the 5 cent nickel were both produced from 1866 to 1873, and after 1873, the only 5 cent
coins were the nickel ones. Half dimes had been minted, in one form or another, since 1792, although there
were some years when they made no 5 cent coins at all.

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"What are you doing?"
"Saving the world. What are you doing?"
"Saving ... the penny."

and while their at it, nickel and dime too.
By the way, that is the only smart thing conservatives ever did in Canada, guess they are good for something.

Just wondering. (What are the differences between Great Lakes State and Canadian accents? very much or very little?)