Why stop at the penny? Isn't it about time we rid ourselves of all these filthy, wretched little buttons? Let's leave the 19th century behind us and begin gradu

Why stop at the penny? Isn't it about time we rid ourselves of all these filthy, wretched little buttons? Let's leave the 19th century behind us and begin gradually phasing out the whole anachronistic lot: pennies, nickels, quarters and (in Canada) loonies and toonies.