In article , earl37093
@hotmail.com says...

North Star wrote:
Quoted from Jim Morrison of the 'Doors'....
The last Canadian penny to be produced. I have fond memories of my
dad's aunt visiting us on Sundays and giving all six of us (kids) 5
pennies each, even when we entered our teens in the mid sixties.
In those days you could still buy candies for 2 cents each.. such as
Kraft Caramels, Honeymoons etc.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/canada/...-the-last-time

The US should have done that years ago.

The US needs to make a dollar coin that isn't the same size as a
quarter.