Answer: All coins
Clues: “Loose” and “Change”
The government nixed the penny because they were expensive to produce and increasingly unnecessary. But some of us don’t want to stop there.
24% of people say they’d be cool with also nixing nickels. 58% don’t want that, including 34% who “strongly oppose” it.
14% of people say they’d support the Treasury ending production of all U.S. coins, and just having everything rounded to the nearest dollar. 73% of people don’t want that, including 57% who “strongly oppose” it.
As for pennies, most people don’t care much about them.
People were asked if they’d pick up a penny if they saw it on the ground, and nearly 30% said they’d just leave it there.
11% of people claim they still use pennies to pay for things “every day.”
Another 19% claim they spend them weekly, 18% more said they spend a penny monthly.
28% of people say they never spend pennies anymore and another 16% say they use pennies “less than once a year.”
(YouGov)