mrclownworld on Nostr: When the penny was introduced, it could buy a quart of milk or a load of bread or a ...
When the penny was introduced, it could buy a quart of milk or a load of bread or a newspaper. Today, those would cost you $1-3, *with* incredibly industrialized production.
A quart of grass fed, organic raw milk or a farmer’s market organic sour dough loaf are going to cost $6 today.
The $5 bill is the new penny, if we’re honest with ourselves
BREAKING: The US will stop putting new pennies into circulation by early next year.
Businesses will need to start rounding up or down to the nearest 5 cents, the US Treasury said in a statement.
A penny currently costs 4 cents to make.
Cutting production is set to save $56M/year.
Published at
2025-05-22 15:27:12Event JSON
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