THE VIDEO SHELF · abolishing the penny
Death to Pennies
CGP Grey's short animated argument for abolishing the US penny, covering its cost and history.
Why HN readers recommended it
Pointed to as the canonical concise case against pennies whenever coin abolition comes up.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- CGP Grey
- Topic
- abolishing the penny
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2012–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
All I want is for all paper cash to be plastic so I can wash the covid off of it. I support getting rid of the penny, but I feel that plastic cash would make more of a difference. CGP Grey has a wonderful video …
tacocataco on Hacker News · 2020-07
In Is It Time to Kill the Penny?CGP Grey has an excellent youtube video on the whole issue for the US. The US currently makes 4 billion 1 cent coins annually. And they have already been abolished at US military overseas bases. [VIDEO] (Come to think of it, doesn't the US military …
rogerbinns on Hacker News · 2012-03
In Canada ditches the penny
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