I can’t call heads or tails on whether we should stop minting the penny. There are two sides to every coin, right?

In 1971 the penny still had some value; it could buy a gumball at the grocery store. In 1971, the Consumer Price Index stood at 40.7; in January of this year, it topped 319, meaning prices are ...

Then again, most of those children probably already have Venmo accounts. Penny gumball machines faded into the past long ago.