In the modern economy, a coin worth one cent isn't much use for ... Other countries which have gotten rid of 1- or 2-cent pieces -- like Australia and New Zealand-- tackled this problem by either ...

Other countries, including Canada, Australia, Sweden, and New Zealand have all pulled the plug on their one-cent coins. Presumably the sky wouldn’t fall if America followed suit. Then again ...

which pulled its one-cent and two-cent coins from circulation in 1992, and Sweden and New Zealand, which each ended the minting of their one-cent coins from circulation before that. Canada minted ...

The agency said it costs 3.7 cents to make a one-cent coin. To see just how devalued ... Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Slovakia and Sweden. This would not be a first in America.

Canada is not alone. Australia and New Zealand withdrew their one-cent coins even further back – 1992 and 2006 respectively – and are among a growing list of others. As radical as the elimination of ...