Bob Collins
The U.S. Mint today unveiled a new design for the penny, leading to a nationwide shrug and water-cooler debate over why we still have them.
We’ve had the penny since 1793. Adjusted for inflation, a penny then would be worth 12 cents now.
The new penny
About the blogger
Bob Collins
bcollins@mpr.org • @newscutBob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.