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"Dripping water hollows out stone, not by force but through persistence." This famous quote by Ovid applies to pennies in the same way that it does for water. Right now, the government is debating if we should keep producing pennies, or to get rid of it completely; there are a great amount of yeas, and just as much nays. Pennies take up space and are worth close to nothing; however, money is money, and when a huge amount is added up together, it can form a large amount that are worth more than diamonds.

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People would say that the penny costs more to make than what it actually costs. What about the nickle though it also costs more to make it than how much it is worth, so are they also going to stop making the nickel because of that? According to the article, "The Ever-Changing Penny" it states "In 2011, the cost for the U.S. Mint to produce a nickle was over eleven cents." This perfectly explains that the nickle costs twice as much as it is worth and they aren't thinking about stop producing it.

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Pennies serve a purpose in money even though they are only worth 1 cent. If they are banned, businesses would raise prices more than lower prices. For example, if something would cost $2.01, it would decrease to $2.01. If the price is $2.03, it would increase to $2.05. But, some places can't raise the price by one cent due to marketing. For instance, in New York market, a pizza slice that used to be 99 cents would cost 95 cents instead of a dollar. Sticking with pennies can reduce the problems in marketing. Not producing them is one thing, but banning pennies is another thing. So I believe we should keep pennies so we can reduce future problems.

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Some might argue that pennies are worthless and inconvenient to carry around. However, the students in Washington Middle School can tell you otherwise. By just donating pennies, they were able to rise over 3000 dollars in one week. In the article "Giving a Penny-Save the Day" that author states, "A penny is not worth much by itself...[however] there is power in numbers." This proves that once something that is worthless by itself is put together with other things that are equally worthless, they can add up; and become something else. Pennies are worth way more than they might seem.

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In conclusion, pennies are just as worthy and useful as dimes and quarters. Without pennies, we cannot pay at an exact price; rounding it up would be unreasonable for the buyer and rounding it down would be bad for the seller. If we save up our pennies, they can add up. Like I said before, pennies are money and money can add up, no matter how small ones amount might be by itself, they can worth millions when they are add up.  That's is why I think we shouldn't get rid of pennies they might not seem like they are worth a lot but they are worth a lot when there's a lot of pennies.