Coins live a paradoxical existence, serving only to obliterate themselves. The only reason to carry them with you is to avoid receiving them at checkout when you purchase something. Having expended your coins, you will inevitably acquire more; because, lacking them, you cannot make exact change at the next transaction.
The penny is particularly despised; it does not stand in the same category as other coins. The penny is not even accepted as legal tender in most vending machines.
One thing is true for all coins: their purpose has been diminished, made vestigial, anachronistic by the electronic flow of a paperless economy. They are atavists, whose material properties confirm their obsolescence: too heavy, too rigid.
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