Because the first British settlement in Australia was a penal colony, there wasn’t much need for coins or currency. As The ...

The average jar yields $58 in buying power. Most of us don’t realize how much our coins are worth. Thus, a trip to a coin-exchange kiosk (or a bank, or credit union) can yield a pleasant surprise.

But the U.S. won’t be the first country to discontinue the penny. New Zealand stopped producing its one-cent coins in 1990, followed by Australia in 1992 and Canada in 2012.

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