A better idea

Ditch the penny and swap dollar bills for coins. I see several advantages:
1) Same number of coins overall - good for those cash drawers
2) Creates an actual incentive to use dollar coins instead of bills (i.e. no bills)
3) Makes for easier vending/parking meter use, etc

Of course, maybe we'll stop using cash entirely at some point, but probably not until Craigslist goes belly up!

Chew on this

It's been debated plenty, but I just wanted to add my two cents to the anti-penny contingent. There's only one good use for pennies, anyway...