Americans are too sentimental, its why we could never switch to the metric system. And congress voting to get rid of the penny is so low on priority I wouldn't

Americans are too sentimental, its why we could never switch to the metric system. And congress voting to get rid of the penny is so low on priority I wouldn't count on it happening soon. Pennies are made because there is demand. If businesses stop requesting rolls of pennies, the mint would make less of them. If you want to get rid of pennies lobby businesses to round their after tax prices to the nearest nickel. Just McDonalds and Walmart dropping the penny might cut the amount in circulation by a significant amount.