Pennies are expensive to produce, but if the penny is gone we are going from a base 10 to a base 5. No store is going to round down if the price is $10.07. They will round up to the nearest base 5, or $10.10. Isn't this inflationary?

House Unanimously Votes to Stop Penny Production

The House of Representatives has unanimously voted to pass the Common Cents Act, which would send the United States penny into extinction.

Democrats and Republicans voted together on Monday to block the U.S. Treasury from minting any more one-cent coins, and to require any person or business selling goods or services for cash to round “to the nearest amount divisible by five for the payment or transfer of cash.”

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/16/house-unanimously-votes-stop-penny-production/