I throw all pennies and nickels away or leave them with the cashier. I don't pay with cash all that often so it adds up to a few dollars a year. One wonders h

I throw all pennies and nickels away or leave them with the cashier. I don't pay with cash all that often so it adds up to a few dollars a year. One wonders how much retailers spend paying people to fetch pennies and nickels as change, or waiting for people to dig out the right number from their pocket or purse. I am sure it is an order of magnitude larger than $69 million. Obama's only objection to removing the penny was Abe Lincoln. Let's put him on the dime, and Roosevelt on the $20, and Jefferson on the $50, and Grant on the $2. Andrew Jackson's descendants may have tears, a trail of tears.