But homeowners who have pinched pennies to replace their lawns with drought-friendly landscaping found the distribution of millions to commercial entities that could otherwise afford the cost of turf replacement irksome.
But they are not worthless to the U.S. Mint, which is legally obligated to keep making pennies to replace the ones we put away in closets, and it is no small item.
So when the turnpike authority spends $44 million in everyone's nickels, dimes and quarters (no pennies, please) to replace the 49-year-old plaza that opened in 1951, what will welcome northbound motorists and bid farewell to their southbound counterparts may indeed by unlike any other toll booth on Earth.
According to an article in the Victoria Times-Colonist, the Canadian mint spends about $130 million annually to keep the penny in circulation, and it has to make 1.2 billion new pennies every year to replace the ones that go missing.
I'm impatient and always eager for feedback, so here's the current mix, with the backing vocals thanks to my close friends from Motherlode Trio: There'll be more elements soon, including accordion and actual flute to replace the digital penny whistles.
Edward I also struck halfpennies and farthings to replace the cut pennies that had hitherto done duty for small change.
Grander, purpose-built cinemas, which arrived after the 1909 Cinematograph Act to replace the unhygienic, even dangerous "penny gaffs" had comfortable seats, balconies and often an orchestra pit.
The Big Board's plan to replace eighths and other fractions with penny price increments next month still needs S.E.C. approval.
They treated this retreat as giving in to extortion and resolved to double down on their insistence that there would not be one penny of tax increase in any new budget deal to replace the sequestration.
Mr. Stollenwerk said the women in Maine who performed the fancy, detailed side stitching on Allen-Edmonds penny loafers were nearing retirement age, with no one to replace them.
