should the United States:
- keep the penny as is (copper plated zinc)
- make it from even cheaper metal (steel? pot metal?)
- make it from plastic or paper
- abandon it
(I still use pennies myself and pick them up if I see them on the ground)

plural system in Seattle, WA (b. 1974)
lots of fictives from lots of media, some horses, some dragons, I dunno. the Pnictogen Wing is poorly mapped.
host: Mx. Kris Dreemurr (they/them)
chief messenger and usual front: Mx. Chara or Χαρά (they/them)
other members:
Mx. Frisk, historian (they/them)
Monophylos Fortikos, unicorn (he/him)
Kel the Purple, smol derg (xe/xem)
Pim the Dragon, Kel's sister (she/her)
should the United States:
(I still use pennies myself and pick them up if I see them on the ground)
The smallest currency I ever use anymore is quarters. I mean, on a bad day even a bag of chips is a fiver, and a cent's difference only ever matters in HUGE batch items (like screws) and price deception.